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GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — Powers Catholic High School officials have confirmed their interest in relocating to a renovated school on the Michigan School

for the Deaf's Miller Road campus.

 

The private school's search for a new home has led officials to consider "at least a couple dozen places" in the past eight years and

the proposed deal

between the state and private developer Lurvey White Ventures is happening with Powers in mind as a future tenant, Powers principal Tom Furnas said today.

 

"One of the things we like about it is it's a mature campus," Furnas said.

Site_plan_for_MSD.JPGCourtesy of Lurvey White VenturesA site plan for a proposed renovation of the Michigan School for the Deaf campus, which would be shared

with Powers Catholic High School under the plan.

 

Members of both the state House and Senate have introduced bills that would

OK offering the state-owned property

for $1.3 million to Lurvey White Ventures.

 

The developer would build a new school for the MSD and lease it to the state for a base rent of no more than $2,060,000, according to the bill.

 

If the state approves the purchase and Powers is able to meet fundraising goals for the move, Furnas said Powers students would attend classes in the new

building beginning with the 2012-2013 school year.

 

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