LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Heir Force Community School unveiled a bright new future, with new buildings and opportunities on the way.
"This is a win-win situation for all parties involved with this, and we are looking forward to this new chapter," announced Willie Heggins, executive director of Heir Force Community School.
That new chapter for Heir Force Community School begins this summer, as they are moving out of buildings owned by Cornerstone Church and into their own space. Heir Force has bought the building at 799 North Main Street and will be turning that into a kindergarten through fourth grade building. The renovations of this new space will begin this school year.
"And our goal is to have students who are going to be fantastic. In order to have that, you have to have the facilities to make that happen," commented Dr. Wilfred Ellis, board president at Heir Force Community School.
Plus, Heir Force will be moving all their school operations and students this fall to the former Spherion building on North Elizabeth Street while renovations are going on at North Main Street. But having every student under one roof will have some benefits.
"For a long time, we've wanted to have one location where everybody can be in one building, and this affords us that opportunity to bring everybody together and it allows us to be able to strengthen the curriculum, have more, not only content-driven but across grade level opportunities," explained Wiggins.
When the North Main Street project is complete, the Elizabeth location will become a classroom space for middle school students. These moves will help the school grow its enrollment to potentially over 350 students and its curriculum.
"But we're looking forward to this new change, simply because it's allowing us new space for new curriculum materials, new activities for students, and we are able to basically expand what we've been doing," said Nancy Junkins, curriculum coordinator at Heir Force Community School.
Heir Force also purchased additional property on North Main Street across from their future location to build a playground and recreation area for their students.
