NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The public hearing on the closure of Hutchinson USD 308's Education Service Center building at 700 East 13th Avenue was held on Monday evening immediately prior to the regular Board of Education meeting.
The purpose of closing that building is to allow it to be torn down and for the Hutchinson YMCA to build on that land in an effort to stay as close to their original location as possible. This may take a while to happen, because all of the different pieces that are in that building have to be relocated for it to be able to be given to the Y.
"They're still working with getting drawings and things done," said USD 308 Superintendent Dr. Dawn Johnson. "We're still in conversation with them. They'd love to say they'd love it now, but I don't think they are ready to do it now. We are having conversations with them about, what is our capacity and time line that we can get out and what they want. I think, as we have been talking with them the past couple of years, our truly expected timeline would be sometime next year."
This closure would result in a shuffling of resources within the district's buildings, but a lot of that may be happening anyway if the facilities changes being proposed to the community in public meetings in April go forward. There was no substantive objection at the hearing and action on the changes will be made at a future meeting.
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