A new Dr. Howard Elementary school is one step closer to completion. The Champaign Unit 4 school district will begin demolishing three remaining houses on the site to make way for the new school building this week.
The union says the district is refusing to bargain with the CFT over teachers changing classrooms due to upcoming building reconstruction and renovations.
Champaign Unit 4 School Board President Chris Kloeppel says members heard overall positive results from a phone survey of 100 voters, favoring a bond issue on November ballots, as opposed to waiting until next spring. The board has less than two weeks to decide what language to place on those ballots.
Unit 4 School Board President Chris Kloeppel came into the WILL radio studios to discuss the committee's report with Morning Edition Host Brian Moline.
Thursday marked the last meeting of the Champaign Unit 4 Tier 2 Facilities Committee, which unanimously agreed that Central High School should remain on site and expand, rather than be torn down and rebuilt. The panel didn't endorse a specific financial package for a fall bond issue that would also include additions at Centennial High School, and work on as many as four other school district buildings.
