Status reports
CONTINUED FROM THE RENEWAL HOME PAGE
April 20, 2009
The Anchorage School Board met in a special work session April 20 to discuss West/Romig reconstruction.
See a list of topics discussed. (PDF)
Listen to audio from the meeting:
Part 1 (MP3)
Part 2 (MP3)
April 2, 2009
The planning team headed by Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc. has been working with the community, students and district staff to develop a master plan that will specifically meet the long term needs of West High and Romig Middle schools’ campus and its community for up to 50 years. These needs were expressed in a May 2008 Pre-planning Vision Report that includes principles of 21st Century learning and “School as a Center of Community." In August 2008, the school board focused on the report in a work session. They concluded the work session by directing the district to explore options offered by the Vision Report.
Fanning/Howey and its team of local professionals, McCool Carlson Green and USKH, were retained to facilitate this exploration through a master planning effort. The effort involved more than 300 Romig Middle School students who participated in a February planning workshop to express their needs and visions for a renewed school campus (see drawings of student ideas) Focus groups, representing areas of expertise both in the broader community and within the district, are also identifying issues specific to their present and future needs. Among these topics are traffic and parking, career and technology paths, athletics and sports.
March 17-18, 2009
A two-day master planning intensive workshop, or “charrette," was held on March 17 and 18 to explore possible physical responses to the Vision Report possibilities and identify potential issues that will need to be addressed as the planning process continues. Results of this charrette were presented for discussion in a public forum on March 19. The planning process includes an assessment of the condition of the schools’ existing infrastructure, which was begun over the December 2008 school session break. The planning process is to be completed in December 2009.
This Web site will post planning information and public comments. Public input will continue to play an important part in the planning process. |