Thinking outside the box 5 25-11

Why a campus re-design?Updated landscaping is more than just pretty…

• IMPROVED SAFETY: – New busing set up with a more direct line to the school entrance– Improved bus unloading and loading

• IMPROVED UTILIZATION: – New spaces for outdoor classes – New spaces for social events

• IMPROVED VALUE: – Our school is a reflection of our community– Improved design will increase usage– Increased usage will improve the value of the community and the homes in it.

And we’re due… only funding in 12 years was for the new roof!

We are among the BEST… but do we look the part?

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Deteriorating School Sign

Picket Fence Destroyed by Vandalism

What message are we sending to prospective home buyers?

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…but the impact of the redesigned campus will go

beyond the obvious.

A better environment for our students of course, but also a better center for our

community too…

Better 4th of July…

Better Venue for Scouts, Sports, Theater and family events…

Better Super Games…

Better Design!The Proposed Campus Re-Design 2011 At a Glance

Design Goals

• IMPROVED SAFETY: – New busing set up with a more direct line to the school entrance– Improved bus unloading and loading

• IMPROVED UTILIZATION: – New spaces for outdoor classes – New spaces for social events

• IMPROVED VALUE: – Our school is a reflection of our community– Improved design will increase usage– Increased usage will improve the value of the community and

the homes in it.

Improved Safety

Primary Safety Concerns:• Bus Loading Area, Traffic Patterns• Neglected Wetlands • Vandalism

Safety-busing policy “Vehicles or gas-powered equipment, with the exception of

vehicles used by the school for student transportation, shall NOT idle near outside air intakes, building ENTRANCES or exits or where students are loading and unloading.”

- Grounds and Building Exterior Checklist

Currently the children walk past a line of running cars to get from the buses into the school every day.

Improved Safety

New Drop-Off Starting Fall 2011

• Buses park (and turn engines off) right in front• Parent picking up/dropping off line up along Candlewood

(where the buses used to line up)• New crosswalk and lighting

Improved Safety

Improved UtilizationNew Gathering Places, Planting Opportunities

Low walls/benches will provide gathering places for teachers to hold class outside.

Raised beds will provide areas for the seasonal plantings for teachers to use.

Benches/picnic tables in back for outdoor classrooms and community “playground”

Improved UtilizationNew Gathering Places

Land lab announces that this is school property, and brings learning to life…

Improved UtilizationOutdoor Land Lab

Improved UtilizationAdditional Playing Fields, Updated Ball Diamond

Improved Utilization13 More Parking Spaces

Improved UtilizationWhat a first impression!

Front Entrance

So, are you excited yet?

Of course you are,

But you have questions…

How much will it cost?

• All questions regarding cost will be filtered through the PTA executive board. The community has an open invitation to come to every meeting.

• Bond money is already slated for certain aspects of our design like capital improvements.

When will all of this happen?

• Timing and phasing to be determined. • We can do as much or as little at a time

depending on interest level and/or budget.

Let’s shoot from a different angle for the 2011-2012 Yearbook…

And maybe a new yearbook theme too…

“Thinking Outside the Box”

For Questions, email Hanna Tefend, Committee Chair, [email protected].