Working session before the regular business meeting in order to review the CHS Education Program Design. This is the current draft of the school plan as put together based on the stakeholder input collected over the past year.

The presentation can be found on the One Town One School website.

Excerpts from the presentation:

  • Cafeteria sized at 900 students.
  • Gym will seat 3000
  • Auditorium will seat 1000 (compare to around 600 today)
  • 150 seats in Library community room
  • Main bus entry is middle academic wing. Guidance corridor (middle of the 5 academic wings), which is the only single-story wing of the 5. SPED wing has direct access to nearby parking, and is going to be twice the size of current SPED offerings.
  • School is designed to 3000 student level, at 25:1 student:teacher ratio. State BEP is 30:1. Building will accommodate more than 3000.
  • Expansion area: make academic wings longer.
  • School security/safety concerns: security consultants will be engaged. Internal courtyard is an asset here. Secure campus plan. Current code drives most of the weather and earthquake considerations.
  • In order to make sure the design accommodate adequate hallway traffic, the design team stood in the hallways during class changes at CHS.
  • Separating 9th grade from other grade levels? Academic teams better off with integration by subject.
  • Library will have room for 21,000 volumes.
  • Not a lot of 3000 student schools in this part of the country to borrow ideas from.
  • Current design is 40% green space. Room for expansion.
  • 5000 seat stadium
  • 1200 parking spaces (not including faculty parking)

Summary by board member Cox: We want this to be our place to be proud of – operative word to be ‘wow’

{working session adjourned}

October 6, 2015 business meeting.

Full board present. About 2 dozen in audience, including Aldermen Stamps and Fraser.

Special recognition for Schilling Farms Middle School – Principal Jeff Jones:
Scintillating presentation: SFMS has 55 clubs covering every possible topic imaginable. A (growing) list is available on the SFMS website. Detailed presentation by Technology Student Association (TSA) advisor.
Closing comments by Mr Jones and board discussing the importance and academic and social benefits from extracurricular activities.

One public comment about support for the arts and asking consideration for improved school start times.

Approval of August financial statements.

Chairman’s report:

CHS Football beat Arlington and Houston.

CHS Mountain Bike Club active and doing well.

Reference to CHS homecoming student discipline issue – thankless job for admin.

Community feedback is generally optimistic, growing pride in school system, sense of optimism.

 

Superintendent Report:

Thanks for staff and community support during family emergency.
Reminder next week is fall break – but central office will be open.
Thanks for Race for the Ville support.
STEM cohorts got iPads this week. Board is working towards 1:1 technology in near future.
Middle School rezoning committee to be reconvened. Initial recommendation in the spring was to defer to this fall… Which is now. Rezoning will look at third middle school @ current CHS location.
Cooperation with Bartlett on evaluating pay strategies.

 

Approval of resolution accepting 120 surplus police department 2-way radios.

Approval of budget updating the general funds budget.

Approval of wellness policy

Approval of final change order to CHS roofing project (closing out the funding allocation). 846,000 approved – $7,100 below budget. Leaves $100,000 in capital for use by 6/30/15. Roof is holding up to rains experienced. Additional roof repairs outside new roof area were included in work.

 

{meeting adjourned}