Butler Middle School up for transfer in ownership
BUTLER TWP — Ownership of Butler Middle School could be transferred to Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation at the next school board meeting of the Butler Area School District.
Representatives of Pittsburgh Gateways, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit, gave a presentation about potential plans to rehabilitate the middle school at 225 E. North Street. The building closed in June at the end of the school year.
District Superintendent Brian White said board members will vote on the transfer at their next meeting, so they can have time to digest the idea and the goals of the rehabilitation.
A commitment agreement between BASD and Pittsburgh Gateways said the rehabilitation will be to “repurpose the middle school to facilitate job creation, entrepreneurship, business development and economic revitalization.”
County commissioners agreed to enter into a contract with Pittsburgh Gateways in July to prepare a study on the reuse of the former middle school. The company was the only one to respond to a request for qualifications the commissioners issued.
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