Students, teachers, administrators, parents, grandparents and friends marked the start of construction of the school's planned facility by giving thanks on the newly graded 20-acre campus at 11138 Old Lincoln Way. Eventually, the building will be able to accommodate 400 students in grades kindergarten through 12. Currently, the school is located in rented facilities at Sonnenberg Mennonite Church on Hackett Road near Kidron. Enrollment is up 400 percent since the school opened its doors in 1992. An eighth grade was added this year and a ninth grade is planned for the new school year.
Plans call for subsequent grades to be added each of the following three years.
The school's complete shell will be erected during the first phase of construction, a plan school board member Ron Wenger said is most efficient. The rest of the building will be finished a section at a time, Wenger said, as money becomes available. Representatives of various members of the Kingsway family wielded shovels at Sunday's groundbreaking. This material is copyrighted by The Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio, and may not be republished without permission.