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West High School & Romig Middle School: Archive West/Romig Home Learning Plan Master Plan Master Plan FAQ Public/student involvement Comments, request information Supporting Resarch/Reports Archive Pre-planning Vision Report The West High School and Romig Middle School Pre-planning Vision Report was presented to the Anchorage School Board on March 3, 2008 by representatives from Fanning/Howey Associates: Download the entire report here (very large at 15.8 MB) or by section below:     Introduction (909 KB) Executive Summary (726 KB) Chapter 1 (1.8 MB) Chapter 2 (1.6 MB) Chapter 3 (1.9 MB) Chapter 4 (2.1 MB) Chapter 5 (1.0 MB) Chapter 6 (905 KB) Appendix (large at 9.5 MB)   Please note: If you have problems opening PDF files on this site, try downloading it to your computer first then opening it: PC users — Right click the link and choose Save target as or Save link as Mac users — CNTRL + Click and choose Save as   CHARRETTE PRESENTATION Download a PDF presentation shown to the public at the March 17-18, 2009 charrette. Brainstorming Concepts, March 2009 During the week of March 16, planning firm Fanning-Howey involved school and community members in a workshop known as a “charrette.” The charrette is an intensive, interactive design session where design professionals work in collaboration with stakeholders to explore design. The recent charrette was held to explore opportunities and obstacles in translating the May 2008 Pre-planning Vision Report into plan options, rather than to develop a final design solution. The options were to interpret and reflect the Vision Report’s goals and the district's educational program specifications as part of a plan to renew the West-Romig campus.   Each design team was charged with approaching plan options from a different perspective such as: changing the entrance to the campus, maintaining as much of the existing buildings as possible, exploring multiple stories, etc. By approaching the problem from these varied perspectives, many more opportunities and obstacles became exposed. The four concepts below show results of the March 2009 brainstorming workshops and are not final master plan concepts. The intent of these concepts is to explore opportunities/constraints and spur further discussion and ideas by the community.   Option A1 Maintains the main vehicular entrances on the north and east sides while looking at replacing the oldest single story portions of the existing school with higher density multi-story additions. Download a pdf file of this plan (703 kb).   Option A2 Maintains the main vehicular entrances on the north and east sides while looking at replacing the oldest single story portions of the existing school with higher density multi-story additions. Download a pdf file of this plan (766 kb).   Option B Maximizes the retention of existing school space while expanding and adapting to meet current ASD educational standards. Download a pdf file of this plan (1.5 mb) Option C Changes the main vehicular entrances to the west side with significant additions to meet current ASD educational standards. Download a pdf file of this plan (2 mb).   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.		Schools New & Renewed Menu Renewal Home Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Alternative Schools Other resources Capital Improvement Advisory Committee Pathway to a school

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