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Science Lab Construction Underway |
Construction on the new Science Lab at Christ the King has begun! The Lathrop Company was awarded the contract to construct the lab designed by Coger-Shambarger Architects. Construction should be complete by the end of 2010.
Funding for the lab comes from three sources; the first source is the Christ the King Endowment. Years ago, when parishioners were asked to contribute to an endowment, one of the earmarked purposes for the endowment money was replacement of the CK school buses. At that time, CK had two buses and full ridership on both of them. Over the years, ridership decreased to the point that running and maintaining the buses was a losing proposition. Soon after, a science lab was identified as a priority and permission from the Endowment Committee was granted to re-purpose the money to this new priority.
The second source was the parish budget for 2010-2011. The budget, approved by the CK Finance Committee and the Diocese in May, 2010, included interest monies to be paid to the Diocese for the loan on the Valiton property. Subsequent to the budget being adopted, the Finance Committee decided to pay off the balance of the loan, thereby leaving the interest money for the science lab. The third source is an anonymous and very generous donor. For all three of these sources, we are very grateful.
Christ the King School has always enjoyed a favorable reputation in the community of Toledo, for being strong academically and forhaving the support of the families of the school and parish. That reputation no doubt is the reason that our enrollment increased from last year to this year. At this time, we have 516 students in preschool through grade eight, and having a science lab will surely help us prepare our students for the careers they will have some day.
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