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Show This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Clippillg Service (801) 328-8678 SPECTRUM Woodward School plans to be discussed By JANET FONT£NOT The Spectrum A plan bas been devised to save a historic SI. George school and make it useful again. Details of a plan for the Woodward Grade-Center wiD be discussed at . at 7:30 tonight in the • tin,ini,<,..,.,inn office, 189 W. Economic Development Director Scott Hirschi, who heads a committee to prepare a proposal for the Woodward campus, said the site plan has the most suppon from the committee. Hirschi said the committee encoUf- ages people to attend the meetillg tonight to criticize or offer suggestions. The committee expects to have a final plan to the Washiniton County Scbool Board in the fall. A key to the plan is saving the historic 96-year~ld Woodward School Estimated costs for the entire project is $2.2 million with revenue generated from land sales at about $1.8 million . Hirschi said the proposal calls far spending about SI million to reoo\'a/II the main building to serve as school district offices. "It would cost moo: to bulId a new building than to renovate Woodward." he said. Hirschi also said the renovation can be done with existing monies as weU I I _ y from the proposed i81e of put of the campus to the city and county. '1'be city already has $500,000 budleted for district offices," Hirschi said. '1bcy can't build for that amounl" He said there are DO plans for a special bond issue to raise the $1 million. The plan also depends on the sale of part of the campus. The old parade grounds IJld the boy's &YII1- about 2 acres - will be offeral to the city for IIpW1IIdI of $1 million. • See SCHOOL on A3 |
