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Groundbreaking set for Butler County bioscience school

Butler Tech BioScience Education Facility

Journal News

WEST CHESTER TWP. —

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Saturday for Butler Tech’s planned bioscience facility.

Site work has already begun on 25 acres of land overlooking Interstate 75 and Cincinnati Dayton Road in West Chester Twp., said Bill Solazzo, spokesman for Butler Tech.

The first phase of the Butler Tech Bioscience Education Facility — a two-story, 50,000-square-foot building — will house bioscience and health programs for students in grades 11-12, including exercise science, dental assisting, State Tested Nursing Aide (STNA) and medical terminology, according to Solazzo.

The first building will also include some adult education programs in the health fields and new offices of the West Chester and Liberty Chamber Alliance.

The groundbreaking will be held at 10 a.m. June 14 at the site next to Lakota Lake Apartments. Due to the access road still be constructed, attendees should park at Walmart across the street where a shuttle will be available, Solazzo said.

Speakers will include Sen. Bill Coley (R-Liberty Twp.); State Rep. Margy Conditt (R-Liberty Twp.); Dr. Kevin Joseph, president and chief executive officer of West Chester Hospital; Bill Miller, Butler Tech superintendent; Rev. Greg Tyus, Butler Tech board president; and Joe Hinson, president and chief executive officer of the Chamber Alliance.

Butler Tech is working with architects from McGill Smith Punshon on long-range plans that detail a 150,000-square-foot campus with five interconnected buildings that would offer high school and adult students programs in health and bioscience fields.

“It’s an incredibly valuable resource for our region,” Solazzo said.

The first building remains on schedule to open in August 2015.

The bioscience facility would be Butler Tech’s first in West Chester Twp., and sixth in Butler County. The joint vocational school district serves 27,000 adults and high school students each year through its original D. Russel Lee Career-Technology Center, school of arts, public safety education complex and natural science center.

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