04-03-2025
VCSC School Board offers update about facilities
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO-WAWV) — The Vigo County School Corporation Board of Trustees addresses several issues. One dealt with the an update regarding a facilities study.
Superintendent Chris Himsel said there are corporation buildings that need improvement. Gibraltar, an Indianapolis architectural firm, has helped the corporation look at different ways to address the facility needs.
Himsel says the board is nearing the point where some decisions will need to be made regarding facilities. He said we have a history of keeping the debt service rate and the overall tax rate pretty level, but the corporation still has lots of needs.
'We've also learned that the amount of money to keep our buildings updated, we don't have enough money to do that between the property tax caps and other things that we have to follow,' said Chris Himsel, superintendent VCSC.
Himsel said all of the those things, plus a declining enrollment means the board will have to figure out a way to move forward.
The board also discussed a book called 'The Hate You Give.' Several teachers spoke about the book before the board. Himsel the board passed a policy to review curriculum, and the book is being reviewed.
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