N.R. school levy

Issue: No. 11

What: 4.99-mills bond issue for North Ridgeville schools

How long: 28 years

Raises how much?:

$54.25 million

Purpose: To build a new high school and renovate the existing one to serve as the middle school

Annual cost to the owner of a $150,000 home: $225

 

The influx of newcomers into North Ridgeville has left the school district with a pressing problem: too many students.

Every building is at or over capacity, Superintendent Michael Tefs said.

To help deal with the crowding, the school board has proposed a bond issue to pay for a new $49 million high school and a $3.5 million renovation to the existing one.

Tefs said that in addition to easing crowding, the bond issue will allow the district to abandon the middle school, which is outdated and not in good shape. If the bond issue passes, the new high school should open for the 2011 school year, Tefs said.

If it is rejected, Tefs said the school district will have to look at other alternatives. “We would have to start dealing with the overcrowding issue by adding modular classrooms K to 12,” Tefs said.

The money to pay for the alternatives would come from the school’s general fund — “a far worse solution, economically speaking,” Tefs said.

 

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