Nearly all of the high school proposal are just focused on athletics. Why are athletics always the priority? We have bathrooms that don't work, and dated classrooms and many needs in STEAM wing, yet all the actual plans seem to be athletics focused. This seems a misguided priority.
Perhaps a preschool or childcare for employees and families.
High school science is way too crowded and should be a top priority
This should be driven by the other priorities. It's how we execute them, not an end in and of itself.
Perhaps GCPS/wrestling...area would be better repurposed. Early childhood options has been a need in this district for years. It is one of the reasons why I took a large hiatus from teaching once my children were born. There was no quality option in Greencastle. I have 8 years prior teaching experience, then I stopped for 7 years to be home with my children. Now I have returned and am 3 years in here at Greencastle. This need in our area has skyrocketed since my return, so many families are in need of quality early-childhood educational options. In addition I fully support the proposal of combining the elementary & primary buildings as 1 large facility. I think pursuing this option would not only increase instructional cohesion and collaboration among grade levels (especially grades 2/3) but also because the proposal indicates that the space would be utilized by special education programs, this would allow for increased cohesion and collaboration among our special education teams. This would create an increased supportive environment for our districts most intensive student needs. These rooms could be designed with special education services in mind. In addition it would be my hope that the combining of the two buildings would help decrease the traffic issues we have at arrival and dismissal, which would support the priority of safety and security. Locker Room space for our teams to use as their own when the teams are in-season. We could decorate, give out lockers, put up quotes and build our team culture with a locker room of our own(in-season). Also the ability to have a storage area for our equipment. With teaching at the primary school, I feel like there is a strong need in our community for early interventions and education opportunities for our youngest learners. I liked the idea that was shared concern the North field parking...but ONLY if it would not impact any extra curriculars or sports. As a field hockey 'alumni parent' while this might not be a big or as popular sport as some, it holds a value to a select group of our GA girls and i would be against any renovations that would impact a sport losing a season. Also it was mentioned about earliest records for campus growth and i recall discussions when my children first began at GA in early 2000s. Talk concerning the property across the road was to build a 5/6 combo building or also a stand alone Kindergarten bldg. In otherwards i dont think we should rule out the area for instructional buildings just because it is across Leitersburg Rd. Depending on the building that might not create near the issues we are concerned about and it is a large enough piece of property not to be ignored. I feel one campus is extremely important, but i also dont feel utilizing that property still doesnt give us the one campus feel. Traffic flow and parking are more important than an athletic addition. The progression of this plan is important to completion of this priority. We will need to complete the high school wrestling room before we remove the wrestling room from the primary building. This is why I feel the Science wing/HS Gym is priority 1. This also means it would be the best interest in the school to move fields to Wellspan
Traffic flow and parking are more important than an athletic addition.
Primary school has a high level of need for more classroom space for current students. This would be more of a priority than using the space for PRe K I believe that all renovations and projects related to academics should be our priority during years 1-3. This should include, but is not limited to, increasing educational space per teacher needs at GAPS and updating GAHS as needed.
31
Made with FlippingBook Digital Publishing Software