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Celebrating in Vincent tonight as Warren Local passed their Bond Issue/Tax Levy, been waiting on this moment for a long time down here.

Yeah!!!!!

Congrats! Great to see a community support their youth

It's for a 62 million dollar school that passed. 72% coming from the state. Should be really nice

Where about will it be built?

New HS and gym will be built adjacent to where current gym is located. New elementary will be built in front of MS. All schools will now be on one campus. They are leaving HS gym and building a new one. The elementary will have a new gym as well as the MS. There will be 4 normal sized gyms all together. Be nice to host some tournaments. Currently all but the HS gym are tiny.

noreply66 wrote:Where about will it be built?

From Marietta Times

VINCENT-In May voters in the Warren Local school district will once again be asked to support a bond issue that would result in a $62 million construction project at the current middle school campus.

On Monday the Warren Local Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution to place the 30-year bond issue on the May primary ballot.

A similar levy failed on the Nov. 8 general election ballot by a margin of approximately 10 percent.

“The ballot language has stayed the same, but the valuation has decreased,” district treasurer Melcie Wells told board members Monday.

According to the resolution approved Monday, the levy millage is reduced to 4.21 mills, or $0.421 for each $100 of property tax valuation.

The levy amount on the November ballot was 4.99 mills.

The funding would help pay for construction of two new buildings at the middle school campus to house a new high school and a new centralized elementary school.

If the levy is passed, it would provide local funds of $23 million for the $62 million project, with the remainder to be covered by the state.

In other business, during Monday’s annual organizational meeting, member Bob Allen was elected board president for 2017, while former president Debbie West was elected the school board’s vice president.

Also on Monday, Warren Local Superintendent Kyle Newton recommended continuing a memorandum of understanding with Zane State College for College Plus courses at Warren High School.

The courses provide students with college credits that can be applied toward their post high school education at any state college after they graduate from WHS.

“This will be our fifth year with the Zane State program,” Newton said. “They do not charge us any tuition to participate, and they’re extremely easy to work with. And most other colleges would charge tuition.”

He noted Warren High can offer students from 21 to 28 credit hours a year through the college program, depending on demand. The program helps college-bound students to complete some core course requirements before graduating from high school.

The board members unanimously approved the memorandum of understanding with Zane State for the 2017-2018 school year.

Congratulations to the Warren BBB Nation !!!! sooooooooooo many people have worked sooooooo darn hard to "move the facilities" forward over the years - does my heart good to SEE IT HAPPEN !!! ... I'm excited for the WHS school district !!! for the kids !!! the staff !!! AND YES! I will have even MORE room to spread out for "napkin stats" !!! ... Coach Maddox !!! I'm thinking a LARGE PURPLE HIPPO CENTER COURT would look darn good !!!! LOL

Congratulation to Warrior Nation on passage of levy. I do not think floyd that there will be any PURPLE in the new facility but I would not rule out a BLUE HIPPO AT MID COURT .LOL

Congrats to Vincent.

Chieftain Fan wrote:Congratulation to Warrior Nation on passage of levy. I do not think floyd that there will be any PURPLE in the new facility but I would not rule out a BLUE HIPPO AT MID COURT .LOL

Chieftain Fan - you're probably right ... it was worth a shot LOL ...

TOESTUBBER01 wrote: Wed May 03, 2017 12:15 pm New HS and gym will be built adjacent to where current gym is located. New elementary will be built in front of MS. All schools will now be on one campus. They are leaving HS gym and building a new one mutuelles TNS. The elementary will have a new gym as well as the MS. There will be 4 normal sized gyms all together. Be nice to host some tournaments. Currently all but the HS gym are tiny.

It's really a good initiative. And then all the kids and kids deserve this gym.