Ohatchee school addition included in proposed county school budget

Calhoun counties Ohatchee High School would get a new addition under the The Calhoun County Board of Education's proposed budget for the upcoming school year. The Ohatchee addition is among 5 million dollars in capitol projects in the proposed budget. Major expense projects outlined in the proposal included $200,000 for bathroom renovations at Wellborn High School and $125,000 for paving at the Career Technical Center. The majority of the expenses, however, were allocated to the Ohatchee High addition that received approval from a federal court in the last two weeks. A board work session in the near future is expected to take up the project, which Calhoun County school Superintendent Joe Dyar hopes will add 12 classrooms and a computer lab to the high school. Dyar said Ohatchee High School is one of the oldest existing buildings in the county school system and was in need of an addition, despite maintaining enrollment levels for the last several years.