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The land at the northeast corner of Shanahan and North roads will remain undeveloped for the foreseeable future.
The Orange Township trustees rejected a rezoning request for the 24-acre parcel during a May 19 public hearing.
Metro Development had sought to rezone the land from single-family planned residential to multifamily planned residential for the construction of 144 condominium units in 2-story structures, to have been called the Reserve at North Farms.
The plan was recommended for approval by the township’s zoning commission in April by a 3-2 vote, with opposition among area residents.
Trustees voted 2-1 to deny the zoning commission’s recommendation, with trustee Ryan Rivers dissenting.
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Olentangy Schools will begin construction on a new middle school in June.
The school, which has not been named, will be the district’s sixth middle school. It will be built on 45 acres along Piatt Road, south of Olentangy Berlin High School, in Berlin Township.
“The addition of a sixth middle school to the district will provide the necessary relief needed on the growing enrollment in our current middle schools, particularly in the northeast region,” Superintendent Mark Raiff said in a release. “Middle school six will be the district’s third new building in the past five years, and I continue to be proud of the support of our students by our community.”
Olentangy Schools parents, students share thoughts on returning to class full time
“We recognize that in-person learning has not been associated with community spread. But the reason we waited until staff was vaccinated was because staff transmission was of greatest concern,” Raiff told board members during their Feb. 25 meeting.
Berlin High School junior Cameron Pack said she’s glad to be returning to full in-person classes, despite some concerns over how that’s going to look and feel.
“I’m a little nervous to see how it’s going to work in the classroom,” Pack said. “Doubling the number of students makes me nervous. A couple of my classes already have 20 people in hybrid, so how are they going to allow for us to keep a distance? On the other hand, some of my classes are very small.