ATTEND a Special SCHOOL BOARD Meeting on Tuesday, June 26 at 7 PM
The OPRF Imagine team held two "Community Conversations" on May 19 & 21 where their revised CONCEPTS for the Facilities Update were presented. Each of the three concepts (color coded TEAL, AMBER and MAGENTA) included plans for the three major areas of the building - the Academic Core (the North end of the building); the Commons/Services/Support (the Central part of the building) and the PE/Athletics core (the South end where the Field House is now). The parts of the plans are interchangeable - in other words, you can take the North end of the Teal plan and put it with the Middle part of the Amber plan and the South end of the Magenta plan and have a complete plan for the entire school.
NO COST ESTIMATES were provided for any portion of the project, and are not expected for several months, until the D200 School Board provides its feedback. However, one SIGNIFICANT expense in all three concepts will be the cost to redo the South End (PE/Athletics core) since all concepts call for REPLACING the existing Field House, even though engineering studies recently commission by the high school determined that the Field House is in good structural condition, and the necessary refurbishment could take place without demolition (LINK pg 2 - LinkB - LinkC)
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To the right is a summary of the three plans. At the top are the "Common Components" - those elements that are essentially the same in all three schemes. Listed next are highlights specific to each individual concept. Each of the three concepts is presented in more detail at these links: MAGENTA - AMBER - TEAL.
Whether you attended one of the May sessions or not, please consider completing a FEEDBACK form at this LINK. It is designed for anyone to provide input, whether or not you attended a session or reviewed the plans online. If you did attend a session and/or if you have examined the concepts online, you might be able to be more specific in your comments. But if not, if you have an opinion - please let the committee know!
It is asks just two questions of each concept plus a final question for "other thoughts/additional feedback" - so if you don't have comments about specific concepts, just include your overall thoughts at the end.
The NEXT STEP will be on TUESDAY, JUNE 26 at a special board meeting of the D200 School Board. That's when the Imagine Committee will initiate discussions with the Board about a potential long-term facilities master plan. The meeting is at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room, 2nd floor at the high school. This is a public meeting, and all are welcome to attend.
