Tippy Valley Short Of Classroom Space, Expert Says
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
AKRON -ÊTippecanoe Valley High School is short seven to eight classrooms based on current core curriculum, said Gary Turner of R.W. Clinton Architects, at the second meeting for the high school feasibility study Monday.
Currently, there are 18 core classrooms and 41 total classrooms. With 25 students per classroom, and each classroom being used at a rate of 75 percent, the number of core classrooms needed is approximately 24.1. Turner said the corporation should plan for at least that many for at least the next 15 years.
The purpose of the second meeting was to discuss the specific education and space needs for the high school. Earlier this month, the first meeting was held to discuss the predicted student growth. The final meeting will be June 26 at 7 p.m. in the high school lecture room.
Turner presented the small crowd at the meeting with a "needs list" that was gathered by surveying teachers and talking to administrators and others.
Classroom needs include rooms for social studies, English, math with 10 computer stations, two foreign language rooms, a science lab, special education and a career lab. The science rooms need their labs remodeled and gas provided. Industrial technology needs new equipment and improved ventilation.
Specific rooms for special education include classrooms for mildly and moderately mentally handicapped, a learning disability resource room, an office and a conference room.
Family and consumer science needs new appliances, cabinets and a full clothing lab. The agriculture curriculum needs labs for ag science and business, mechanization, and horticulture and landscape. A general classroom is also needed.
The art department needs two large classrooms, an office and storage.
The media center needs to be enlarged to accommodate two classes of 25 students each. There is also a desire to have a general classroom, a video production lab, audiovisual storage, work room, conference room, book and magazine storage and community access to and use of the media center.
For the physical education department, the pool needs storage space and an office with a restroom and dressing room for staff.
A wrestling room is needed and the weight room needs to be enlarged. "It's a room the P.E. staff has asked for," said Turner. "Currently, they wrestle in the cafeteria."
Coaches' offices need to be enlarged and there is a need for a concession area with storage. Study hall needs to be relocated out of the gym and the gym bleachers need to be evaluated.
Outside needs for the physical education department include resurfacing the track and tennis courts, reworking the football press box and adding a press box for baseball.
Needs for the cafeteria and kitchen include a teachers' lounge and lunch room and new kitchen equipment.
Two offices, a conference room, storage and records space are needed for the guidance office. Two offices, a secretary/receptionist area and conference room are needed for the athletic directors' offices. The nurse's office needs storage and an examination room.
General needs for the high school include doors on all classrooms, rehabilitating the lecture hall, a large conference room and possibly an auditorium.
High school principal Charlie Mills asked to add custodian closet space to the list of needs. He said the custodian closets have been taken for offices and classrooms.
Turner said that typically, for every two departments, a school has a work room for teachers with storage space.
He also said that the school is missing classrooms in the special education department.
A patron said there is need for front door security as there are currently no windows in the administration suite to see who comes in and out of the high school.
"Security would be a consideration we would have when we look at the building," Turner said.
Turner then asked if there are groups in the community who would make use of an auditorium. One woman said the community is fairly small and use of an auditorium would be small. However, another woman said it would be great to have cultural activities come to the area.
Superintendent Dr. Karen Boling said she could see more cultural performances come to the area if they had the facilities. She said she believes the community would attend plays or musicals if there was a place for them.
Turner told of two school corporations who added auditoriums and said, "Based on those two experiences, it's probably worthwhile of the board to do a survey of their patrons to see if there's support of an auditorium." He said they normally recommend an auditorium for 600 to 800 people.
At the June 26 meeting at 7 p.m., Turner will have three or four options on how to solve the building's problems as well as the estimated cost for each "need." [[In-content Ad]]
AKRON -ÊTippecanoe Valley High School is short seven to eight classrooms based on current core curriculum, said Gary Turner of R.W. Clinton Architects, at the second meeting for the high school feasibility study Monday.
Currently, there are 18 core classrooms and 41 total classrooms. With 25 students per classroom, and each classroom being used at a rate of 75 percent, the number of core classrooms needed is approximately 24.1. Turner said the corporation should plan for at least that many for at least the next 15 years.
The purpose of the second meeting was to discuss the specific education and space needs for the high school. Earlier this month, the first meeting was held to discuss the predicted student growth. The final meeting will be June 26 at 7 p.m. in the high school lecture room.
Turner presented the small crowd at the meeting with a "needs list" that was gathered by surveying teachers and talking to administrators and others.
Classroom needs include rooms for social studies, English, math with 10 computer stations, two foreign language rooms, a science lab, special education and a career lab. The science rooms need their labs remodeled and gas provided. Industrial technology needs new equipment and improved ventilation.
Specific rooms for special education include classrooms for mildly and moderately mentally handicapped, a learning disability resource room, an office and a conference room.
Family and consumer science needs new appliances, cabinets and a full clothing lab. The agriculture curriculum needs labs for ag science and business, mechanization, and horticulture and landscape. A general classroom is also needed.
The art department needs two large classrooms, an office and storage.
The media center needs to be enlarged to accommodate two classes of 25 students each. There is also a desire to have a general classroom, a video production lab, audiovisual storage, work room, conference room, book and magazine storage and community access to and use of the media center.
For the physical education department, the pool needs storage space and an office with a restroom and dressing room for staff.
A wrestling room is needed and the weight room needs to be enlarged. "It's a room the P.E. staff has asked for," said Turner. "Currently, they wrestle in the cafeteria."
Coaches' offices need to be enlarged and there is a need for a concession area with storage. Study hall needs to be relocated out of the gym and the gym bleachers need to be evaluated.
Outside needs for the physical education department include resurfacing the track and tennis courts, reworking the football press box and adding a press box for baseball.
Needs for the cafeteria and kitchen include a teachers' lounge and lunch room and new kitchen equipment.
Two offices, a conference room, storage and records space are needed for the guidance office. Two offices, a secretary/receptionist area and conference room are needed for the athletic directors' offices. The nurse's office needs storage and an examination room.
General needs for the high school include doors on all classrooms, rehabilitating the lecture hall, a large conference room and possibly an auditorium.
High school principal Charlie Mills asked to add custodian closet space to the list of needs. He said the custodian closets have been taken for offices and classrooms.
Turner said that typically, for every two departments, a school has a work room for teachers with storage space.
He also said that the school is missing classrooms in the special education department.
A patron said there is need for front door security as there are currently no windows in the administration suite to see who comes in and out of the high school.
"Security would be a consideration we would have when we look at the building," Turner said.
Turner then asked if there are groups in the community who would make use of an auditorium. One woman said the community is fairly small and use of an auditorium would be small. However, another woman said it would be great to have cultural activities come to the area.
Superintendent Dr. Karen Boling said she could see more cultural performances come to the area if they had the facilities. She said she believes the community would attend plays or musicals if there was a place for them.
Turner told of two school corporations who added auditoriums and said, "Based on those two experiences, it's probably worthwhile of the board to do a survey of their patrons to see if there's support of an auditorium." He said they normally recommend an auditorium for 600 to 800 people.
At the June 26 meeting at 7 p.m., Turner will have three or four options on how to solve the building's problems as well as the estimated cost for each "need." [[In-content Ad]]