Penta Career Center opens new high-tech facility
On August 28, Penta Career Center administrators and staff opened the doors of the new school to incoming students and their parents.
Originally scheduled to open in the fall of 2009, the $91 million, 522,000-square-foot building at 9301 Buck Road in Perrysburg Township was completed one year ahead of schedule and under budget, said Treasurer Carrie Herringshaw.
Project Manager Joel Nedrow of general contractor Rudolph/Libbe, credited the early opening, in part, to the fact that workers were able to lay the footprint for the structure in the fall prior to spring construction.
“We knew early on that we were ahead of schedule,” he said, pointing out that Rudolph/Libbe had planned to complete the building by December 2008.
Mr. Nedrow noted that 1,100 people have worked on the construction project since it began in 2005.
“Ninety of those workers were Penta alumni who had gone through the [school’s] trade programs,” he added.
Superintendent Fred Susor said the staff is anxious to start the new school year. “Everyone is excited.”
The new career center features three wings. Each wing houses career clusters with professionally-designed career-technical labs and state-of-the-art technology.

Rossford Schools earn ‘excellent’
For the first time, the Rossford School District has received an “Excellent” on its statewide report card issued by the Ohio Department of Education.
Superintendent Dr. Susan Lang presented the results to the Rossford Board of Education at its August 25 meeting.
“It takes everybody to make an excellent report card. It takes custodians, it takes bus drivers, it takes paraprofessionals, it takes teachers, it takes administrators, it takes parents, it takes everybody. Everybody should really feel super about this,” she said.
“As we move forward together as a staff and community, we’ve got to make some really conscious choices and focus on what’s best for kids. It means that sometimes we’re going to look at past practices and say ‘that makes sense,’ and sometimes we’re going to look at other past practices and say ‘let’s do this instead of that.’”
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Business Association to host‘Fun at the Fountain’ Saturday
The Rossford Business Association is inviting the community to “Fun at the Fountain,” this Saturday, September 6.
The second annual event will take place from 6 to 11 p.m., around the fountain on the front lawn of the city municipal building, 133 Osborn Street.
The adults-only event will feature a live band, Double Shot, which plays music from the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, along with a beer garden, 50/50 raffle and food vendors Marco’s Pizza and Cold Stone Creamery.
Proceeds from the $1 admission will go to the annual RBA scholarship awarded to local high school students.
Sponsors of the event are Heban and Galernik, Bay Park Community Hospital, Edward Jones, Ray Miller, First Federal, Smithers Insurance, Drs. Henry and Kristin Green, Meijer, Kingston Residence of Perrysburg and the Rossford Record Journal.