CH-UH Board Requests New Appraisal for Millikin
Board members set an executive session Monday night to discuss the property
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights School Board discussed the possibility of selling the former Millikin School property at a meeting last night and decided to request a new appraisal. The executive session, closed to the public, was set specifically to discuss district property and was not a regularly scheduled meeting. The appraisal will assess both the school building and the Severance-Millikin barn. "The appraisal will be based on the best use of the land under current zoning code," district officials wrote in a press release. "Once Superintendent Douglas Heuer receives the appraisal, the board will then determine the path forward with the property, which may well include putting the property up for public auction. The board …
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Susan Efroymson
10:34 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Isn't there something in the law about sales somewhere that when a school is sold, other schools have priority - first right of refusal? There is a tradition of education in that building. There are many good reasons, such as mentioned in the article, like stablity, property values, safety, that speak to the sale to a school. Certainly that would maintain the tradtion of excellence in education … more ›