New Britton Elementary School’s renovation project took a step forward Wednesday night when the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board unanimously approved the Fanning-Howey architectural firm to do the design work, moving forward with the construction plans.  The interior building upgrade is part of the school district’s 10-year plan to maintain the structures within the school corporation.  The New Britton project is set to take bids in spring 2018, with completion scheduled August 2019.

In other school board actions:

–Final approval was given for the sale of property adjacent to Fishers Junior High School near 131st Street and Cumberland Road.

–A policy on background and criminal history investigations was approved to comply with changes in state law.

–First reading approval was made to a revised Suicide Awareness and Prevention Policy.  Final approval will come at a future board session.