GRPS proposes $8M building rehab at no cost to the district or taxpayers

A proposal to move a Grand Rapids Public Schools college prep high school to a larger high school building could result in an $8 million building makeover funded by private donation rather than taxpayer money.

According to excerpts from the story:

A Grand Rapids Public Schools college prep high school could get an $8 million renovation at no cost to the district or taxpayers under a real estate deal the school board is considering, administrators said Friday. The deal would require selling the former City High School building for $1.

Under the proposed deal, Grand Rapids University Prep Academy would move to the former City High building on College Avenue NE at Fountain Street. GRPS would sell that building for $1 to the Grand Rapids University Prep Association, the nonprofit group that runs the GRPS college prep program.

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