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Akiva will
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"We are negotiating for a
place to rent in the area for ad-
ditional class space," he said.
The school's enrollment has
expanded to 226 in its nine years
of existence. Two more classes
will be added this year, bringing
the estimated number of stu-
dents to 260.
In addition, the school, now
offering classes through the
eighth grade for boys and the
seventh grade for girls, will con-
tinue adding classes for girls
each year until a full high school
exists.
"Our goal is to have a full-ser-
vice high school for the girls,"
Mr. Sandweiss said.

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there but nothing so far is suit-
able for our needs."
Without another building
available, the school would have
to invest hundreds of thousands
of dollars in its existing struc-
ture to bring it up to code. Still
more would have to be spent to
renovate the existing building
and add on to the back of the fa-
cility, Mr. Eisenberg said.
"Right now we are evaluating
how much money it would take
to stay here," Mr. Eisenberg
said. "Our problem is not to ren-
ovate the existing building. We
need space."
Mr. Neistein said the
Federation task force is contin-
uing to look for solutions for
Akiva.
"There are still a number of
options that we are pursuing at
this point," he said.
Darchei Torah has been re-
fused requests for funding from
Federation for the past five
years. Since it is not affiliated
with Federation, it will not have
the aid of the task force's efforts.
The school may continue to rent
the classroom space at the AJE
building or look elsewhere, Mr.
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Director Howard Neistein said
that neither Akiva's nor Darchei
Torah's bids would be accepted
for the AJE building because the
building is still necessary to
Federation.
"A lot of it depends on the
financial circumstances (at
Federation), which are fluid,"
he said. "Everything is still the
status quo."
The 35,000-square-foot build-
ing on 12 Mile Road is owned
by the Federation and the
United Jewish Foundation and
houses the Hebrew Free Loan
Association, the Michigan
Jewish AIDS Coalition, the
Agency for Jewish Education
and the Midrasha library.
Akiva was hoping to purchase
the building and add classrooms
to the back of the facility to
alleviate its crowded conditions.
Due to a need for more space,
the school plans next year to
move the kindergarten and
nursery school classes out of
the campus on Southfield Road
into a yet-to-be-disclosed loca-
tion.
Akiva is in the process of sell-
ing its building to a developer
who plans to level the site and
erect a strip mall. Both the de-
veloper and the school have es-
cape clauses in the contract in
case plans fall through; Akiva
can stay if they can't find a site
in which to relocate and the de-
veloper can rescind the offer if
zoning changes are denied by
the city of Lathrup Village.
That escape clause may come
in handy — the 68-year-old
building on Southfield Road may
be Akiva's only option. With lo-
cal school districts clamoring
for space due to a rise in school-
age population, there are no
buildings for sale in the Oak
Park, Southfield, Berkley or
Birmingham school districts
that would be suitable for an
Orthodox day school that draws
its students mainly from
Southfield and Oak Park.
"The decision (not to sell the
building) doesn't change our po-
sition," Mr. Eisenberg said. "We
are still looking for a building.
There are other buildings out

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