Refined Options to be presented on MAY 19 and MAY 21

The IMAGINE team has scheduled two dates for their Community Conversation #4 where they will share potential facilities concepts that have been refined from earlier concepts based on community feedback from the April session. NOTE: They will not yet have cost estimates. This is still the conceptual phase of the master planning process, and the committee is looking at all possibilities to address facilities needs before beginning to cost out and prioritize specific elements of the concepts.

TWO MEETING DATES (same content at both)

Saturday, MAY 19 at 9:30 AM

Monday, MAY 21 at 7:00 PM

both take place in the South Cafeteria at OPRFHS, 201 N. Scoville Ave.

Most of the proposed conceptual changes centered on the south end of the school building - the Field House.  This is where the 2 existing swimming pools are placed, and where any new pool is proposed to be set.  Linked HERE is a summary of the April session, including links with more specific information on the three areas of the building under consideration: the North end (primarily the Academic core), the Middle (the commons areas - cafeterias, auditoriums, meeting spaces, bookstore, student center, etc) and the South end (primarily athletics, the Field House)

A good deal of information based upon feedback from the April session is included in the FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) linked HERE.  One of the questions (or "complaints") heard from many concerned the very lack of specific detail that was included in the presentation, including no mention of the actual size of the swimming pool - read the answer below:

Why didn’t the April 16 conceptual diagrams include dimensions for specific elements?
The diagrams represented concepts that Imagine members are considering.  The goal is to explore and get public feedback about general locations and ways of organizing such components.  The blocks of color on the diagrams do not represent agreed-upon dimensions for any element.  That holds true for the library and the Special Education Transitional Education with Access to the Mainstream (TEAM) space, as well as the pool, the locker rooms, and most other spaces. Indeed, the Imagine Group has not yet established the dimensions of a right-sized pool for the school.