For
Part 1 see here
I
asked several questions regarding the upcoming measures: school sizes, planning
and funding of projects. (emphasis mine)
Q:
Are there plans drawn for Juanita or other schools in the modernization
process?
A: At this stage, we look at things like how a
building of a certain number of square feet might fit onto a specific site and
other general planning that helps develop cost estimates. Cost estimates and budgets can be developed without final plans. If the bond measures passes, then we would
begin the normal process of forming a school building committee that includes
parents and staff and selecting an architect. Final building plans are developed after a process that gets input
from the school community.
Q:
What is the current student population at the Juanita High School
Building vs. Capacity? (please separate
Juanita, Futures and Cambridge Programs)
A: Student population in the Juanita High School
building now consists of 64 students in Futures School, 1354 students in
Juanita, of which about 128 are in the Cambridge program.
The
building’s current capacity is 1290, with 179 of those spaces in portable
classrooms. Note: about half the
Cambridge program students live in the area that feeds Juanita High School and
most of the rest live in the Lake Washington High School area.
Q:
What is the proposed student
population vs. capacity at Juanita?
A: We expect the Juanita High School population
to grow to about 1,440 in 21-22. Capacity
of the modernized school is 1400 but the Westside STEM School, which
will serve 600 students, will also be built on the same campus and we expect
some Juanita students to attend that school.
Q:
What is the current student population at Rockwell Elementary vs.
building capacity?
A: Current
student population in Rockwell Elementary is 661. Total capacity (including
115 spaces in portables) is 575.
Q:
What is the proposed student
population vs. capacity at Rockwell Elementary?
A: That’s not such an easy question to answer.
Remember that we are adding an elementary school north of 116th
street in Redmond if the bond passes. A new set of boundaries will have to be
drawn in this area, which would change
the area that Rockwell Elementary serves, and we don’t know exactly
where those boundaries will be drawn.
In addition, we will be adding an
elementary school to serve Redmond Ridge East. So much of Redmond will be
involved in boundary changes. Thus, we have to look at elementary student population versus capacity on a regional basis,
rather than a school by school basis, ensuring there is enough capacity between
all the schools to serve the populations of the entire entire region.
Boundaries will then be drawn to ensure an appropriate distribution of students
among the schools.
Q:
What is the current student population vs. capacity for Lake Washington
High school?
A: Lake Washington had 1,442 students in the
October count. The current capacity is 1,485, with no portables in use.
Q:
What is the proposed student
population vs. capacity availability for Lake Washington High school?
A: The
District projects a population of 2,073 students by 21-22. However, some of
those students are expected to take advantage of the new Westside STEM school
Q:
Why do we need to build more space when the Lake Washington High School
building was just “remodeled” in 2011?
A: Initial planning for the scope of the new
Lake Washington High School building began in 2005 for the 2006 bond measure.
At the time, the district still had three-year high schools, one full grade
less than it houses now. Work on determining the feasibility of four-year high
schools did not begin until 2009, the same year the district broke ground for
the new building. So at the time the school was planned, there was no immediate
need for additional space. And it does take two to three years to build a new
high school.
However,
the district did foresee the possibility that growing enrollments and/or a
change in grade configuration could create a need for more space at LWHS at
some time in the future. As a result, when the school was designed, a second
phase addition was planned for the future, when needed. Since the school now
both houses an additional grade and is seeing growing enrollment, that need is
here. Also building space earlier than needed impacts cost of maintenance and
operations.
1 Information provided by Kathryn M.
Reith, APR Communications
Director, LWSD
2 Information from LWSD.org website http://www.lwsd.org/News/News-and-Announcements/Pages/Lake-Washington-school-board-proposes-levy-and-bond-measures.aspx
3 Information from
LWSD.org website http://www.lwsd.org/News/2014-Levy-and-Bond/Pages/Frequently-Asked-Questions.aspx
4 Information
from LWSD.org website http://www.lwsd.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/News/Levy-Bond-2014/2014-Levy-and-Bond-Options-Presentation.pdf
Information
provided by Kathryn M. Reith, APR Communications
Director, LWSD
Emphasis mine
LWSD
website information regarding the Levy & Bond Issue: http://www.lwsd.org/News/2014-Levy-and-Bond/Pages/default.aspx
FAQ on
Bond/Levy measures: http://www.lwsd.org/News/2014-Levy-and-Bond/Pages/Frequently-Asked-Questions.aspx
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