Groundbreaking Ceremony

The five Board of Education members are lined up horizontally in front of a two-foot wide, one-foot deep, 15-foot long mound of soil. They have white hard hats on and shovels stuck in the dirt. A podium, display easels and a piece of construction machinery are in the background.They are spaced roughly three feet apart and wearing masks in observation of COVID-19 protocols.

JEROMESVILLE (10/5/20)--The Hillsdale Board of Education members dig the first ceremonial shovelfuls of dirt on September 30, 2020, to commemorate the beginning of the construction phase of a new PreK-12 campus slated to open for the 2023-2024 school year.

At this time, the district has three separate schools, an elementary, middle school and high school, in different locations, built in 1927, 1928 and 1963.

The new facility and grounds will sit on the site of the current high school at 485 Twp. Rd. 1902.


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(Note: Masks were removed for photographs.)