Lancaster Country Day School is moving ahead with plans
for what could be a $21 million construction project that would demolish and then
rebuild one wing of its campus.
The project could also relocate the lower and middle
schools and reorient the main entrance of the private, college preparatory
school at 725 Hamilton Road.
On Wednesday, Steve Lisk, Head of School, declined to
give details about the project's timeline and scope, saying it is still in
flux.
"It is not set in stone because the stone won't
exist if the fundraising component doesn't come together to support it,"
Lisk said.
He said the school would submit more detailed plans in
January to Manheim Township's zoning hearing board.
In the meantime, the school is seeking up to $15 million
in financing for the project from the Lancaster Industrial Development
Authority, which will hold a public hearing on the request at 4 p.m.,
Wednesday, Nov. 19, at City Hall, 120 N. Duke St.
If financing from LIDA is approved, the school would be
eligible for what is essentially a tax-free loan.
A legal notice for the LIDA hearing described some of the
project's scope and pegged its cost at $21 million. The notice, which ran
Wednesday in LNP, said the demolition would be of the current lower school
building and science wing, with a new building constructed in its place.
Lisk said the school's own fundraising for the project
was "in process," declining to say how much has been raised or how
much would need to be raised before construction could begin.
He indicated, though, that while the project would
enlarge the footprint of the school's 155,000-square-foot building, it is not
meant as a major expansion.
"We are a school of 625 (students) and we like our
number," Lisk said.
Source: Lancaster
Online
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