At its meeting, the county school board will review recommendations from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo regarding the need for more space for district office space.
The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Historic Canton High School school board auditorium.
Petruzielo will lay out three options for office space:
* Renovate Building A (the former textile mill office built in 1929) and Building B (the former Canton Grammar School built in 1914) at an estimated cost of $7.9 million. The district's estimate does not include the cost of temporarily relocating staff from Building A; Building B is not in use.
* Build a new 42,000-square-foot building on the current site of Buildings A and B at an estimated cost of $7.1 million, which also does not include the cost of temporarily relocating staff.
* Build a new 42,000 square-foot building at the district's Educational Annex site on Keeter Road in Canton for an estimated $5.9 million.
In his report, Petruzielo said the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax funds budgeted for the project and proceeds from the sale of Buildings A and B would cover the cost of the Keeter Road building.
He also said existing buildings, such as the former county administration building and new office building, both in downtown Canton, and offices in other cities, were considered, but don't meet the district's needs or are too costly.
The Cherokee County Historical Society has been advocating the district renovate Buildings A and B, as it did with Building C (Historic Canton High School).
Building B is on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's list of top 10 endangered places in the state. It also was named a "Site Worth Saving" by voters in the historical society's community survey.
The board on Thursday also will consider the first reading of changes to high school graduation requirements that would eliminate the need to take the semester world geography class and would allow more flexibility in choosing electives.
Other agenda items to be considered include:
* Recognize all-state athletes and Carmel Elementary School for being designated a 2010 School of Character;
* Approval of out-of-state travel;
* Approval of out of-state/overnight field trips;
* Approval of an update on capital outlay projects;
* Approval of the 2010-11 organizational chart;
* Approval of recommendations, resignations, terminations and transfers of classified and certified personnel;
* Approval of a special lease agreement with First Baptist Church of Canton to use Creekview High School's theater and four classrooms for church services from March 7 to June 27;
* Approval of a special lease agreement with Liberty Hill Church to use Cherokee High School's auditorium, cafeteria and one classroom for church services from March 7 to June 27; and
* Meet in executive session to talk about potential/pending litigation and a student discipline matter.
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