The City of Boonville announced that State Fair Community College based out of Sedalia, Missouri will open satellite campus in Math Hall starting in August of 2012 with possible expansion to another building in the next year or two.  There are several things that need to be done before August including getting a site approval from the Missouri Coordinating Board of Higher Education and signing a lease with the City of Boonville.   The current plan calls for the renovation of the basement and main floors of Math Hall into office and classroom space, provide 50 off street parking spaces where the former woodworking building was located, and enlarge and pave the Second street entrance by in the maintenance quad.  Cost estimates are in the $600,000 to $700,000 range which will be paid for in cash by the City of Boonville.  Grounds and building maintenance will be provided by the city.

Stat e Fair will initially offer 30 different types of classes to be applied towards and Associate of Arts two year transfer degree.  Most of the classes are general education classes and will include college algebra, public speaking courses among others.  Hiring for positions at Boonville has begun and the Campus will employ approximately 20 to 30 faculty.   

State Fair annually graduates between 500 to 600 students per year and has enrollment around 5200 students and plans to work closely with major employers of the Boonville area for tuition reimbursement programs for employees.

The campus is not being sold to State Fair Community College but is going to operate on a lease agreement with the city maintaining the right to market other areas of the campus.  The Boonslick Heartland YMCA is renting Johnston Fieldhouse and multi- million dollar renovations have been done to the building in the last several years.