when was jefferson township high school built

“This isn’t anything bigger than what you’d see at any other district,” he said. Tony Schorr of Dublin-based Schorr Architects Inc., representing DLR Group, said the complex is typical of what one would see at any other high school or any other school district in central Ohio. And I think it is going to be really nice.” I would love to put a premier facility somewhere for our student-athletes. “Is it going to be better than it currently is, yes. “It really is just trying to take over displacing what’s down by the high school and moving it,” Lofton said. The plan also includes the addition of 644 parking spaces to serve the various fields.Ĭourter, trustees chairman, asked Lofton if he would characterize the facility as a “premier complex.” The athletics-complex expansion features 10 tennis courts, three natural-grass multipurpose fields, two softball fields (potentially with synthetic turf), restrooms, concessions and storage facilities on site and an area for a future multipurpose field, according to the proposal from the school district. The district is expanding the current athletics complex in the township because a significant portion of the school district’s playing and practice fields will be displaced as the new Lincoln High School is developed. More: Jefferson Township OKs G-J's Blacklick school additions, continues athletic complexĪfter the trustees discussed concerns over the next steps to take regarding the request, largely because of the proposed lighting, Scott Lofton, the school district's business director and applicant, asked to rescind the lighting plan from the project to revisit at a later date. Trustees Rich Courter, Mike Rowan and Claire Yoder all voted in favor. The property is northwest of the intersection of Havens Corners and Reynoldsburg-New Albany roads in Jefferson Township.

The approval came after a public hearing was continued from Sept. 27 unanimously approved the rezoning of 10.59 acres along Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road from the restricted suburban residential district to exceptional-use district and the modification of a exceptional-use portion of school property to allow for the development of an athletics complex. The Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools will have expanded athletics fields and amenities in Jefferson Township, but it won't have any sports-field lighting, at least for now.

When was jefferson township high school built