Board members won't rush in developing building plan

CHAMPAIGN – Schools that need major renovations. An obligation to put more elementary seats in north Champaign. A 97-year-old elementary school with nine different floor levels. And a skeptical public, wary of past financial mismanagement and a controversial last-minute siting for a new school before a failed referendum question last year.

It won't be an easy task for Champaign school officials to put together a plan for their buildings and get the community to pay for it. The school board began work last week, discussing how it will develop such a plan.

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