The Parma City School District announced plans to create a new district history museum behind the soon-to-be taken down Parma Senior High School.
Parma Schools Museum Coordinator Nancy Fedak told News 5 it's just another way to preserve the past while helping to ease the growing pains it's facing with the closing of Parma Senior High School, Parma Park Elementary and Renwood Elementary after the 2022-2023 school year.
“I think we all need to know where we came from so we know where we’re going," Fedak said. “As buildings would close they would start sending their memorabilia to the alumni association and it just was in a big heap. They’ve tossed around, 'how do we preserve Parma Senior High clock tower?'” Fedak said the grand opening ribbon cutting for the new Parma Schools Museum is set to take place on Sept. 15.
Superintendent Charles Smialek, who hosted a listening session with Parma district alumni on July 19 to get input on preserving district history, told News 5 the closing of three schools was necessary to accommodate planning and savings. Smialek estimated eliminating the three schools will cut about $3.15 million in annual operating costs.
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