Plan would raze West Vigo Middle School as Terre Haute North and South become middle schools

What happened

Superintendent Dr. Hensel told the oversight board the district's facilities plan would convert Consolidated Elementary into a middle school alongside Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South high schools. Consolidated joins North and South, 1:01:45 He said West Vigo Middle School would be razed (demolished) to expand the high school campus there, one of eight elementary-school buildings across the district the plan would close or repurpose. West Vigo Middle School to be razed, 1:02:18 Modernizing those eight buildings instead of closing them would cost the district more than $10 million per building, and considerably more for some, it told the board. Cost to modernize instead, 1:26:01

The outcome

Informational presentation; no vote was taken on the building-by-building plan.

Sources

• Consolidated joins North and South as a middle school, 1:01:45
• West Vigo Middle School to be razed; eight buildings affected, 1:02:18
• Cost to modernize instead: $10M+ per building, 1:26:01

Also known as: West Vigo Middle School demolition · Option Six building plan · Terre Haute North middle school conversion · Terre Haute South middle school conversion · Consolidated Elementary middle school · eight Vigo County schools closing