BOARDMAN — The board of education has approved unanimously the final land transfer agreement with the ABC Water and Stormwater District.

The agreement approved Monday allows for the formal transfer of the remaining 1.722-acre front parcel along Market Street for an educational pavilion for local students and the community.

It will be called Forest Lawn Stormwater Park.

“This is an important way to honor and continue Market Street School’s legacy,” school board President John Landers said. “Providing the land to build an educational space for students to learn hands-on at the Forest Lawn Stormwater Park is important to us as a school district.”

As part of the agreement, the school district will receive 30 years credit from its ABC Water District fees, amounting to nearly $17,000 per year or roughly a half-million dollars over the course of the agreement.

“The school district’s savings exceeds the appraised value of the frontage and comes with an added bonus that Boardman schools will have first opportunities to schedule the facility for use by our teachers and students at the start and midpoint of each school year,” Landers said.

The ABC Stormwater District received a state grant for $750,000 for the construction of the outdoor education pavilion. That agreement allows for the full utilization of the grant for the building.

This will tie into the rear 14-acre Forest Lawn Stormwater Park that soon will be constructed on the site of the former Market Street School. The Stormwater Park has been fully funded through federal and state grants with construction expected in 2024.

When finished, the park will hold back more than 1 million gallons of stormwater during rain events.

The Market Street School was razed earlier this year. It had been built in the 1950s at 5555 Market St.

Boardman Township officials have said the finished project, estimated at $3.5 million, will entail an outdoor open-air pavilion with a laboratory in the front to allow middle school students to conduct a variety of science work. Those efforts include testing water quality samples and planting rain gardens, and the pavilion will be available to future generations.

At the back of the property will be the retention pond, which will provide a place for water from the Cranberry Run Watershed to collect. That will significantly reduce flooding threats to homes and businesses along Market Street, Southern Boulevard and surrounding neighborhoods, as well as reduce erosion, township leaders have explained.

Also in the rear of the parcel will be a 1/3-mile, 10-foot-wide hike and bike trail equipped with lighting and security cameras.