The General Assembly created the Urban Initiative in May 2000 to address the facility needs for the six largest urban districts: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo.
This program recognizes the exceptional issues facing Ohio’s urban schools, such as socio-economic demographics,
higher percentages of “at-risk” children, and a larger population of special education students. The challenges facing OSFC’s urban partners are formidable – restrictive site sizes and conditions, a highly mobile population base, suburban migration, and significant neighborhood diversity, just to mention a few.
The construction and renovation projects
in urban districts are occurring in phases
or “segments.” Each segment
is comprised of new construction, additions
and renovation projects as reflected in the Master Facilities Plan. By approaching the plan in segments, OSFC and the district can focus on the particular issues that have arisen and make adjustments as necessary.
