Rochester
schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas is expected to release a draft of a new
facilities master plan at a special board meeting tonight.
Vargas
called for the plan after numerous costly repairs required closing School 16.
But the plan is also part of a larger concern. The district’s enrollment has
steadily declined while its physical space has expanded, and Vargas has said
that tough decision will have to be made.
The district
is also in the first phase of a mammoth, multimillion-dollar plan to renovate
and modernize its schools. It’s unclear how Vargas’s plan will mesh with the upgrades
already taking place.
The meeting
is at 5:30 p.m. at the district’s central office, 131 West Broad Street.
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2012.
