The group of Perry staff, school board members, community members, business leaders and township trustees had been meeting for about three years.Ī phone survey concluded community members would support the effort if the plan was educationally sound, fiscally responsible and maintained neighborhood schools.īased on the recommendation and the state's offer to fund 62% of the costs, the school board moved ahead and sought a bond issue to finance the effort. In November 2019, the district’s building advisory committee recommended the district construct four new elementary schools to address aging buildings. Perry Local's school building plans take shape The bottom line: the district is about $12 million short. More: Beaver Shook to lead Perry elementary school construction projectĪdministrators as well as representatives from the Perry Township-based Beaver Constructors and Shook Construction, who have teamed to be the project construction manager, have worked to find solutions to keep the project on track.

More: Perry Local Schools puts building future in voters’ hands 'But it's important for you and the community to see what we are up against.' It also can take 18 months to get new school furniture, Beatty added. The cost of steel has jumped 111% and material costs have gone up more than 27% between August 2020 and August 2021, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. Since the district began planning for the $163.5 million project, the pandemic has caused construction costs to skyrocket.ĭistrict leaders are left wondering how they are going to fully fund it with an insufficient budget, Superintendent Scott Beatty told the Board of Education and members of the district Building Advisory Committee. PERRY TWP. – Perry Local officials have tough decisions to make as they move forward with plans to construct four new elementary buildings, a new middle school and renovate the high school.

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