4/26/13 - After completing construction on a house in the Sundance subdivision, a student program at Howell High School is setting its sights on the Parker Middle School campus. The high schoolâs vocational building trades program includes about 80 students divided into three classes this year. They build a fully-functional house every year, with crews of students on-site for about six hours a day under the supervision of the program instructor and two paraprofessionals. This yearâs home was recently completed in a subdivision east of the Marion Township hall and is now being shown for sale by a real estate broker. With that project completed, the program will need a new location for construction in the fall semester. Last week, the Howell School Board discussed the possibility of allowing the students to build houses on unused portions of the Parker Middle School campus. Wilson says there would be enough room for two or three new houses on the northeast corner of that property, and the close proximity of the middle school would alleviate the need for portable classrooms. The board is expected to make a decision about the proposition at its next meeting, and if approved construction on the Parker site will begin this fall. (TD)
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