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y HOWARD DUKES ribune Staff Writer SOUTH BEND — The next step i the Riley High School/Jackson Liddle School saga will be for the rehitects to develop a feasibility study for the proposal approved by the school board during its March 23 meeting. However, before the architec- tural firm can get authorization to develop the study, the board and administration must clearly define what they are asking the architects to do, said board president Karen White. The vote taken on March 23 seems clear enough. The trustees voted 4-3 to convert Jackson Middle School into a high school and *b1ild a new middle school on the venue site. But since the construction of'a ew middle school on Ewing was of among the options considered, o feasibility study was developed or that proposal, said Monte river, superintendent. "Basically we made a decision to build a new middle school on e Ewing Avenue site) with no in- rmation on that option," said Ate. Also, while trustees Nancy King, 6ert Sweeney, Carol Loeffler and harles Lennon agree that a new Adle school should be built on e Ewing Avenue site, they differ ornewhat in how that school ould be built and what should ppen to the current Riley build - 9. White said before the architee- at firm of Mathews, Purucker d Anella Inc. can receive board uthorization to develop a study, its cope must be defined better. Because so much still 'needs to ironed out, it is unlikely that the and will vote to authorize the firm begin work on. the — n onday's meeting. White said the board W1911 no e the authorization vote on Mon - ay; the May 4 meeting may be ore realistic. White said the school board of- ers will meet today with the ad- iistration in hopes of hammering t a more defined proposal.