Oversight board votes 5-0 to send "Option 6.2" — a new high school east of the river and a renovated West Vigo — to the county commissioners

What happened

Mark Matheny moved, and the Vigo County Oversight Board voted 5-0, to recommend "Option 6.2" — building a new high school east of the river, estimated at $222 million, to replace Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South, and fully renovating West Vigo Jr./Sr. High School into a combined grade 7-12 school — as the facilities plan it sends to the county commissioners. Matheny, who made the motion, said the school corporation revised its original plan after the board asked for more savings, producing a version projected to save $30 million to $40 million. This is the recommendation this committee told the county council on August 4 it would deliver, and the chair said the vote heads next to the county commissioners at a 5 p.m. session the same day.

The outcome

Passed 5-0 on a roll-call vote.

Sources

• Motion to adopt Option 6.2, 20:40
• Roll-call vote, passes 5-0, 27:38
• Board describes $30-40 million in projected savings, 18:55
• $222 million cost of the east-side high school, 1:18:11
• Recommendation heads to commissioners at 5 p.m., 16:45
• School oversight committee told the county council Aug. 4 it would present Aug. 12, 1:05:49

Also known as: Option 6.2 · Vigo County Oversight Board · West Vigo renovation · East Side high school · Terre Haute North and South consolidation