Posted June 4, 200520 yr From the 6/4/05 Toledo Blade: Dip in students may shut 13 city schools in decade Building project's final phase would be eliminated By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Projected declines in student enrollment could force Toledo Public Schools to close as many as 13 schools, including Libbey High School, before the end of this decade. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050604/NEWS04/506040333/-1/NEWS
June 4, 200520 yr I don't know the effects of charter and private schools, or city vs. suburban public schools, but in the end all of the schools are chasing a declining number of school age children. From the U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/population/projections/36PyrmdOH1.pdf Age group Census 2000 Projection 2010 Change %Change 0-4 754,930 760,100 +5170 +0.7 5-9 816,346 762,138 -54,208 -6.6 10-14 827,811 756,300 -71,511 -8.6 15-19 816,868 786,424 -30,444 -3.7 Take the Middle School age group, 10-14. The U.S. Census projects a loss of 71,511 children this decade. At about 700 kids per school, that's equivalent to closing about 100 middle schools statewide.
June 7, 200520 yr From the 6/7/05 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Peggy Hayman signs a support sheet as her daughter, Emily, 7, and Alex Pechlivanos, 7, students at Beverly Elementary, watch. The school is one of several proposed for closing. ( THE BLADE/ALYSSA SCHUKAR ) PHOTO: Christine Brunner and her 4-year-old daughter, Jessica, walk to Beverly Elementary School in South Toledo for a parent and neighborhood meeting about plans to close the school. ( THE BLADE/ALYSSA SCHUKAR ) TOLEDO SCHOOLS Parents to contest proposed closings Enrollment stats may fall further By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER When Lee Yockey and his wife purchased a home, they were ecstatic to find one in South Toledo so their children could attend Beverly Elementary School. But if the Toledo Board of Education approves a proposal to close the school on Rugby Drive, the couple has vowed to sell that home and move to a suburban school district. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/NEWS04/506070333/-1/NEWS
October 13, 200519 yr From the 10/12/05 Toledo Blade: TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reconstruction tab may exceed $770M Toledo Public Schools probably will spend more than $770 million on its reconstruction program, though the Board of Education approved a plan in August that eliminates seven schools from being rebuilt, school leaders said last night. The original program, which was to replace 57 schools and renovate seven others, originally was to cost $821 million. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051012/NEWS04/510120478/-1/NEWS
October 17, 200519 yr From the 10/15/05 Toledo Blade: ELECTION 2005 TPS promises full details on levy spending By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools leaders say they will release detailed information next week on exactly how the 2.5-mill levy renewal on the Nov. 8 ballot will be spent. A proposal to use some of the nearly $24.4 million generated by the tax over five years for the district's new building program has fueled criticism from three candidates running for the Toledo Board of Education and mayoral candidate Carty Finkbeiner. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051015/NEWS09/510150397/-1/NEWS
October 23, 200519 yr From the 10/22/05 Toledo Blade: ELECTION 2005 Spending plan released: TPS would put $7.5 million toward equipment By KIM BATES BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools officials yesterday released a revised spending plan for their upcoming 2.5-mill levy renewal, but three vocal opponents, who also are school board candidates, are withholding judgment about it until next week. Contact Kim Bates at: [email protected] or 419-724-6074. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051022/NEWS04/510220399/-1/NEWS
October 27, 200519 yr From the 10/25/05 Toledo Blade: TPS construction costs fall Cutbacks, cheaper bids slice price tag by $2.5M Construction costs for the Toledo Public Schools' building program are starting to decline, mostly because more companies are competing for jobs, officials said yesterday. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051025/NEWS04/510250363/-1/NEWS
October 27, 200519 yr From the 10/26/05 Toledo Blade: TPS projects $19M deficit The Toledo Board of Education last night accepted a five-year financial forecast that predicts a $19 million budget deficit for the 2006-2007 school year. District Treasurer James Fortlage said the shortfall is based on a loss of 2,000 more students for that year compared to the current school year. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051026/NEWS04/510260474/-1/NEWS
November 12, 200519 yr From the 11/10/05 Toledo Blade: North Toledo: Leverette could revitalize neighborhood By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Officials for Toledo Public Schools say the new Leverette Middle School, which will be built across from the district's administration building, will help revitalize that north Toledo neighborhood. Dan Burns, TPS chief business manager, said the district's new construction program will help neighborhoods through the city. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051110/NEWS04/511100405/-1/NEWS
November 15, 200519 yr From the 11/12/05 Toledo Blade: City schools down 2,105 pupils from previous year By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools has 2,105 fewer students than last year, according to data released yesterday, marking the greatest year-to-year decline since the district's enrollment began to decrease steadily nearly a decade ago. The school system now has 30,774 students, down from 32,879 last school year, and 33,866 the previous year. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS04/512210475/-1/NEWS
January 17, 200619 yr From the 1/11/06 Toledo Blade: BUDGET PROBLEMS TPS vows to cut 380 jobs or shut 9 schools $19 million deficit predicted next year By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools will have to eliminate 380 positions - many of them teachers - or close up to nine schools and lay off the staff from those buildings before the start of next school year in order to balance its budget, the district's superintendent said last night. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS04/601110384/-1/NEWS
March 14, 200619 yr From the 2/28/06 Toledo Blade: City schools enrollment dips to 30,135 Toledo Public Schools officials announced yesterday that the district's enrollment this academic year has dipped even lower than previously thought, reaching very near the 30,000 mark. The main reason, they said, was because parents are increasingly choosing charter schools. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060228/NEWS04/602280455/-1/NEWS
April 1, 200619 yr From the 3/30/06 Toledo Blade: MAP/GRAPHIC: School closings PHOTO: Toshai Wilson, 5, (center with bag) and other students leave King Elementary School, one of the Toledo Public Schools slated to close at the end of the academic year because of dwindling enrollment. ( THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER ) TPS plans to close 5 schools in 2006 By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools officials said yesterday they will have to close two junior high schools and three elementary schools at the end of the current academic year to eliminate a $12 million budget deficit that has been fueled for years by dwindling enrollment. The move also will result in the loss of about 240 jobs. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060331/NEWS04/603310476/-1/RSS
April 4, 200619 yr From the 4/3/06 Toledo Blade: TPS mulls K-8 plan to reduce its deficit Proposal may alter some construction By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER After decades of teaching junior high school children in separate buildings, the Toledo Board of Education will vote this week on a proposal that would shift close to 1,200 of those students back into schools with grades kindergarten through six. The reason for the change is financial, not academic. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060403/NEWS04/604030351/-1/RSS
April 6, 200619 yr From the 4/5/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Santoria Burns, an eighth-grader at East Toledo Junior High School, asks the board to reconsider a plan to close her school. ( THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT ) PHOTO: Brandy L. Schultz, a teacher and a mother of a seventh grader at East Toledo Junior High School, addresses the Toledo Public Schools board of education during a forum at the school district's headquarters. More than 250 people attended the meeting. ( THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT ) PHOTO: Terry Reeves, a seventh-grade special education teacher at East Toledo Junior High School, addresses about 100 people protesting the school board's proposal to close the school. ( THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT ) TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS School-closing plan draws pleas, anger; fate of 2 junior high schools debated at TPS forum By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Earnestine Jones promised last night to pull all 11 of her children out of Toledo Public Schools and enroll them in charter schools if the district's board of education follows through with a plan to close East Toledo Junior High. Ms. Jones drew a standing ovation for her terse comments on a proposal released last week by the district to shut that school along with Jones Junior High and King, Fall-Meyer, and Mount Vernon elementaries. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060405/NEWS04/604050477/-1/NEWS
April 8, 200619 yr From the 4/7/06 Toledo Blade: TOLEDO SCHOOLS Board chief wants time to consider 5 closings Delay of decision may lack support By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER The president of the Toledo Public Schools board said she will vote to postpone or reject the district's plan to close five schools and cut 240 jobs when it comes before the panel today. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060407/NEWS04/604070379/-1/RSS
April 8, 200619 yr From the 4/8/06 Toledo Blade: DEALING WITH A DEFICIT Toledo school board puts off decision on closing 5 schools until next week Board chief defends delay, says more data needed By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER A decision on whether to close five Toledo Public School buildings, slash 240 jobs, and make other cuts was put off yesterday until next week. School board President Darlene Fisher asked for the delay at a meeting yesterday to gather more input on the proposed closing of King, Fall-Meyer, and Mount Vernon elementaries and Jones and East Toledo junior highs. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060408/NEWS04/604080399/-1/NEWS
April 13, 200619 yr From the 4/13/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: From left, Dylan Gorsuch, 9; his mother, Ann Gorsuch, and Amber Wodarski, 11, react to the Toledo Board of Education’s vote. ( THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH ) PHOTO: From left, board President Darlene Fisher and members Steven Steel and Larry Sykes discuss the district’s plan to close five schools and make other budget cuts totaling $6 million. ( THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH ) TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS 5 school closings approved by board 4-1 vote trims half of $12M TPS deficit By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER The Toledo Board of Education voted last night to close five schools in June - slashing $6 million from next school year's budget - a move made over the objection of its president and hundreds of parents who had asked over the last two weeks that the plan be reconsidered. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060413/NEWS16/604130448/-1/RSS
April 27, 200619 yr From the 4/27/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Cecelia Adams, a member of the Toledo Public Schools’ community oversight committee, takes a walk through the auditorium of the new Rogers High. ( THE BLADE/ALLAN DETRICH ) PHOTO: Principal Tony Brashear explains the features of one of the school’s two gymnasiums to committee member Bonita Johnson, right. School leaders yesterday toured the nearly finished $33 million facility, which is adjacent to the existing Rogers, 5539 Nebraska Ave. New Rogers High is luring back students $33M building set to open in the fall Toledo Public Schools officials say the newly constructed Rogers High School, set to open in the fall, appears to be already luring back students who have left the district for other options, such as charter schools. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/NEWS04/604270439/-1/RSS
April 27, 200619 yr Seventy-seven percent of the new construction program is funded by the state... And Cincy only gets 16%!?!?! WTF?
May 19, 200619 yr From the 5/18/06 Toledo Blade: SCHOOL PROJECT TPS plan includes building at Raymer By TOM TROY BLADE STAFF WRITER Bob Reinbolt, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's chief of staff, experiences a pang of emotion as he drives past the vacant, dirt-covered block in Toledo's older south end. It's the site of the elementary he attended, as well as that of his mother, Hazel Reinbolt. Contact Tom Troy at: [email protected] or 419-724-6058. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/NEIGHBORS02/605180356
May 27, 200619 yr From the 5/27/06 Toledo Blade: School's out forever at shuttered Jones school By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER More than 400 Jones Junior High School students yesterday bid farewell to their school on the last day of classes before the historic building closes for good at the end of next week. Because of districtwide declining enrollment and deep budget cuts, the more than 80-year-old junior high school, 550 Walbridge Ave., and four other Toledo Public Schools buildings will soon be shuttered. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060527/NEWS04/605270362/-1/NEWS
June 8, 200619 yr From the 6/7/06 Toledo Blade: Libbey may land on TPS closing list Construction master plan revised By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Less than two months after closing five schools to help balance its budget, the Toledo Board of Education is reviewing a new plan that eventually would close five more schools, including Libbey High School. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060607/NEWS04/606070337/-1/RSS
July 28, 200618 yr From the 7/28/06 Toledo Blade: TPS targeting student scores and retention The interim superintendent of Toledo Public Schools yesterday released two comprehensive plans that he said will increase student performance, especially in the system's worst schools, and help stem the tide of children leaving the district. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060728/NEWS04/607280420/-1/NEWS
August 23, 200618 yr From the 8/22/06 Toledo Blade: TPS tax levy fails to get OK for November ballot Board majority isn't enough A divided Toledo Board of Education ended months of speculation last night when it failed to agree on whether to place a tax levy on the Nov. 7 ballot. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/NEWS04/608220427/-1/NEWS
September 6, 200618 yr From the 9/5/06 Toledo Blade: TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TPS enrollment is down 1,200 from last year '06 figure continues decade-long slide By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Nearly 1,200 fewer students attended Toledo Public Schools during the first week of classes versus the same time last year. The district's Friday afternoon count totaled 27,273 students, down from last year's total of 28,451. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060905/NEWS04/609050314/-1/NEWS
September 24, 200618 yr From the 9/22/06 Toledo Blade: TPS board chief calls for stricter construction rules By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER The president of the Toledo Board of Education yesterday asked for tighter safeguards regarding the district's new school construction program. Board President Darlene Fisher voiced her concerns during a finance committee meeting after it was revealed that construction of the new Leverette Middle School is three months behind schedule and that a wall at the construction site toppled over during a storm in June. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS04/609220360/-1/NEWS
October 15, 200618 yr From the 10/10/06 Toledo Blade: Enrollment decline less than feared Toledo head count shows 29,580 students in classes The Toledo Public school district has 716 fewer students than last year, but school officials are breathing a sigh of relief that the decline was not as bad as they had predicted. The district's official head count Friday was 29,580 students - marking the first time enrollment has fallen below 30,000 students in decades. Historically, the district's decline in student population mirrors that of the city's overall population. In recent years, thousands of students have chosen charter schools over Toledo Public Schools. - Ignazio Messina http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061010/NEWS04/610100319/-1/NEWS
October 23, 200618 yr From the 10/20/06 Toledo Blade: TPS facing deficit of $12M, $109M by 2011 By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools is predicting some staggering deficits over the next five years, starting with $12.7 million next school year and increasing to $109.8 million by 2011. The predicted shortfall for next school year could mean more school closings and layoffs to balance the budget, interim Superintendent John Foley said. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061014/NEWS04/61014006/-1/NEWS
November 7, 200618 yr From the 10/23/06 Toledo Blade: TPS to break ground for new DeVeaux school Toledo Public Schools will break ground at 10 a.m. today for the new DeVeaux Middle School, 2620 West Sylvania Ave. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061023/NEWS04/61023002/-1/NEWS
November 16, 200618 yr From the 10/31/06 Toledo Blade: TPS board approves forecast of $12.7M shortfall The Toledo Board of Education last night approved a five-year financial forecast that predicts a $12.7 million deficit for next school year. The shortfall for next year, which is predicted to increase to $37.8 million the following year and eventually to $109.8 million by 2011, could mean more school closings and layoffs to balance the budget. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061031/NEWS04/610310392/-1/NEWS
November 16, 200618 yr From the 11/15/06 Toledo Blade: TPS meetings slated to explain finances Toledo Public Schools announced yesterday that it would hold two more community forums “aimed at educating area residents about the district’s operations and its finances.” http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/NEWS04/61115035/-1/NEWS
December 25, 200618 yr From the 11/16/06 Blade: 8 new schools to open by next fall Committee is told construction appears to be on schedule By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools is set to have eight of its new school buildings open by next fall, the district’s chief business manager reported yesterday. Dan Romano told the district’s community oversight committee that construction of the buildings appears to be on schedule. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS04/61116059/-1/NEWS
December 25, 200618 yr From the 11/29/06 Blade: TPS plan to address deficit due in January No specific reductions identified yet The superintendent of Toledo Public Schools last night said the district's plan to address a predicted $12.7 million deficit for the 2007-08 school year would be presented in January. The school system has laid off hundreds of teachers and closed several schools over the last several years to balance its budget. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061129/NEWS04/611290435/-1/NEWS
March 11, 200718 yr From the 1/13/07 Blade: TPS to reduce offerings at Libbey High 1 of 4 autonomous schools within building will close By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Public Schools will eliminate one of the small schools implemented as an educational reform at Libbey High School, district officials said yesterday. Interim Superintendent John Foley said one of the four autonomous schools that has operated within the Libbey High School building since September, 2004, would be closed at the end of this school year because of enrollment. Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070113/NEWS04/701130474/-1/NEWS
March 11, 200718 yr From the 3/1/07 Blade: TPS board OKs contracts for new school The Toledo Board of Education approved more than $5.9 million in contracts Tuesday night for the construction of the new Westfield Elementary. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070301/NEWS04/703010379/-1/NEWS
July 25, 200717 yr More funding from State Toledo Public Schools discovers $18.2M surplus for new year BY IGNAZIO MESSINA | TOLEDO BLADE July 25, 2007 TOLEDO - Toledo Public Schools officials spent months budgeting to close an $11.7 million projected deficit by June 30, but the district’s treasurer said yesterday they would have an $18.2 million carryover to start the new academic year.
February 14, 200817 yr I was driving around Toledo yesterday when I noticed this building demolition on Woodsdale Avenue between Grafton and and Nelson. The building appears to have been pretty old. Maybe an old school? It had the entire block to itself. Does anyone know anything about this?
February 15, 200817 yr This is the old Arlington Elementary School that is facing South Avenue and it's bounded by Woodsdale Avenue. It is part of the $850 million rebuilding efforts of replacing older school facilities throughout the city of Toledo. Here is the rendering of the "new" Arlington Elementary School that will be replacing the demolished school:
November 7, 200816 yr Article published November 04, 2008 TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS $5.8 million in local funds needed for Scott project By JAMES JOYCE III BLADE STAFF WRITER The Ohio School Facilities Commission recently told Toledo Public Schools it would take $5.8 million in local funds to renovate the historic Scott High School. Most of the remaining cost to renovate the school in the city's Old West End would be funded with state money through the district's Building for Success program. Members of the Toledo Board of Education will make a final decision at a special board meeting Friday morning whether to renovate Scott High with a capacity to house 1,200 students or to move forward with plans to build two smaller high schools. MORE: http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081104/NEWS04/811040348/-1/NEWS "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 8, 200816 yr Scott High School work back on track Renovations await board nod after voters OK funds Article published November 06, 2008 By JAMES JOYCE III BLADE STAFF WRITER The historic Scott High School in the city's Old West End will be renovated using some of $37 million in bonds voters have approved, pending final approval from the Toledo Board of Education. Just hours after Tuesday's initial election results had been tabulated, a school facilities subcommittee of the school board presented a draft resolution yesterday that will be up for approval by the full board at a special meeting tomorrow. That resolution would put renovation of Scott High School, which opened in 1913, back into the school district's Building for Success new school program - and it would end talks of constructing two new small high schools in lieu of the renovation. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081106/NEWS04/811060404/-1/NEWS
March 4, 201015 yr Toledo Public Schools proposals would end all athletics, shut Libbey District lists ideas to fill likely $30M budget hole Article published March 04, 2010 By CARL RYAN, BLADE STAFF WRITER The Toledo Board of Education last night heard a long list of cost-cutting proposals that included closing Libbey High School and eliminating athletics in the district as a way to close a projected $30 million budget deficit next year. Other proposed cuts included the elimination of bus transportation for high school students and the establishment of a two-mile walking zone for others, along with the elimination of school crossing guards, school resource officers, the uniform subsidy, and the intern-intervention mentoring program. Abolishing athletics would save $3.54 million, while closing Libbey would trim costs by $1.73 million. Ending busing for high school students would save $1.16 million. The district transports students who live more than a mile from school; increasing that to two miles for elementary and middle schoolers would save $950,000. There will be another meeting March 23 at which the board will approve two lists of cuts — one totaling $30 million and another $17.5 million. The $30 million list will go into effect if voters reject the strapped district's request for a 0.75 percent tax on earned income on the May 4 ballot. The $17.5 million in cuts will be implemented if the tax passes. FULL ARTICLE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100304/NEWS04/3040400
September 23, 201014 yr Scott High School restoration on track $42M project aims to preserve structural gems Article published September 10, 2010 By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER Far above the winding staircases in the center of Scott High School, a gaping hole gives visitors a view to the roof. Skylights that were part of the school when the building opened nearly 100 years ago will be resurrected when a totally renovated Scott reopens in January, 2012. Dropped ceilings that for years covered the tops of the 10-foot windows have been removed, revealing the full windows that give Scott its characteristic look as motorists pass the old school on Collingwood Boulevard. And in the fourth-floor "refectory" that once served as the school's cafeteria, stained-glass windows that were covered over years ago are now revealed. SCOTT RENOVATION PHOTO GALLERY Full article: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100910/NEWS16/9090354
September 30, 201014 yr ^ Good news for Scott High School in Toledo. But it sounds like bad news for Libbey High School, according to this article from the Toledo Blade: 1,500 Libbey alumni return for final good-bye to school
December 30, 201014 yr Catching up on some Libby High School news: Libbey could meet wrecking ball in February Written by Michael Stainbrook, Toledo Free Press Thursday, December 16th, 2010 Libbey High School might be a pile of rubble less than a year after its final graduates received their diplomas. The Toledo Public Schools (TPS) Board of Education is taking steps to ensure the building either will be sold or demolished in 2011. The Board’s desire to act on the 87-year-old structure results from ongoing fiscal woes. According to the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC), TPS must begin the demolition process by Dec. 31, 2011 for the Ohio Board of Education to pay for any of the project. OSFC will pay 77 percent of demolition costs if the building is razed by then. Otherwise, TPS must foot the entire bill, which could top $3 million. MORE: http://www.toledofreepress.com/2010/12/16/libbey-could-meet-wrecking-ball-in-february/
December 30, 201014 yr Bell seeking input on saving Libbey Written by Kristen Rapin-Criswell, Toledo Free Press Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 Toledo Mayor Mike Bell said he recognizes the importance of Libbey High School within the community and is open to suggestions on how to save certain portions of the structure. The mayor has been approached by several individuals within the community to save the building and he is still investigating if there is a way to save some of the structure’s newer sections, said Jen Sorgenfrei, public information officer for the city. MORE: http://www.toledofreepress.com/2010/12/21/bell-seeking-input-on-saving-libbey/
December 30, 201014 yr 40 meet in effort to halt end of Libbey Moratorium sought on demolition permit Article published December 28, 2010 By JIM SIELICKI BLADE STAFF WRITER A grass-roots effort to save Libbey High School or parts of its 44-acre campus began taking shape Monday night under a daunting deadline to present a plan to the Toledo Public Schools Board of Education before it signs contracts for demolition. The school board has voted to level the structure and several other former schools and must have signed contracts with demolition firms before Dec. 31, 2011, to have the state pay for three-quarters of the cost. The district voted to close Libbey because of declining enrollment and the need to clear a $39 million budget deficit this school year. The nearly 40 people who met at the South Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Monday night to consider ways to obtain a moratorium on the demolition were hit with the reality that they must have a plan within 30 to 45 days. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20101228/NEWS04/12270463/0/NEWS16
January 30, 201213 yr Update on Libbey High School from the Toledo Demolition and Preservation Thread: Stick a fork in Libbey, it's done. :cry: I think this ranks as one of Ohio's greatest school building losses. For the record, this was designated a National Historic Landmark. It sucks to see Ohio tear these types of buildings down. And to think Toledo is planning to tear down two dozen more school buildings is heartbreaking (about half ugly modernist buildings, half historic beauties). Published: 11/17/2011 - Updated: 1 month ago TPS awards contract for Libbey demolition Evans Landscaping Inc. to raze former school BY NOLAN ROSENKRANS BLADE STAFF WRITER Libbey High School took another step toward extinction Wednesday, when the Toledo Board of Education approved a demolition bid for the historic building. The former high school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in September, but board members have argued that the building at 1250 Western Ave. is too costly to maintain. Sue Terrill, a member of the preservation committee, said after the vote that she felt like our history is lost, and theres no future. Its a day that we worked, hoped, and prayed would not happen, she said. I feel devastated that a community purpose could not be found to save a nationally designated landmark. The board approved a bid of about $940,000 by Evans Landscaping Inc. of Cincinnati to raze the shuttered school. The companys bid one of six was more than $30,000 less than the closest competitor. Demolition is expected to begin in December. The Ohio School Facilities Commission will fund most of the cost for the demolition, as it will at the former Beverly, East Toledo Junior High, Lagrange, and Newbury buildings, which all had demolition bids approved Wednesday by the board totaling almost $500,000. Those buildings are part of more than two dozen buildings within Toledo Public Schools that must be demolished in the next year. The Libbey demolition is by far the largest and most expensive project. CONTINUED ON BLADE SITE http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2011/11/17/TPS-awards-contract-for-Libbey-demolition-2.html
January 30, 201213 yr And more from the Blade: Demolition begins at former Libbey High School Libbey High demolition continues
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