Columbus school district sets $1.3 billion building plan

Columbus City Schools will unveil a proposal for a $1.3 billion facilities master plan today that would shutter five elementary schools, rebuild dozens of buildings and keep all existing high schools open. But the plan calls for rebuilding far more space than the state predicts that the district will need: High schools will be 85 percent full and middle schools 83 percent full. The district also wants preschool rooms in all new buildings, which the state won't help pay for.