Elyria Chronicle Telegram 04/27/2016

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Steve FogartyThe Chronicle-Telegram

NORTH RIDGEVILLE —Everything from a constructionupdate to changes in curricu-lum, sports, and the way inwhich students will learn wasdiscussed Thursday night dur-ing a community forum atNorth Ridgeville High School.

An audience of 40 to 50school personnel and commu-nity members received anoverview of progress underwayor planned for the school sys-tem over the next few years.

Superintendent James Pow-ell, who likened it to his annualState of the Schools address,opened the 90-minute sessionby explaining the impact of the$58.1 million middle school, tohouse grades three to eight.

On schedule and planned toopen fall 2017, the school willhouse some 2,000 students andwill significantly affect six ofthe district’s seven schools.

“It will provide a differenteducation for the next 75 to 100years,” Powell said.

Liberty Elementary Schoolwill transition to a first- andsecond-grade building. NorthRidgeville Education Centerwill be renovated to consoli-date preschool and kinder-garten programs into newclassrooms.

The current pre-kinder-garten site at the Early Child-hood Learning Center atFields-Sweet School will bedemolished.

The district also will be ableto offer all-day kindergarten,Powell said.

Heightened security isanother goal. Entrances areexpected to be more secure byfunneling students and visitorspast administrative offices.

A conversion to LED isexpected to bring savings overtime, along with replacingheating and air conditioningsystems with more energy-effi-cient models.

“This will not only savemoney but prolong the life ofour buildings,” Powell said.

Other highlights of the pres-entation included architecturaldrawings of the new middleschool’s design that will moveaway from traditional class-rooms. The more open, collab-orative work spaces areintended to mimic environ-ments students will face in theworking world.

A shift to a more varied, flex-ible curriculum is aimed at bet-ter preparing students for

future jobs, many of which willbe in high-tech, computer-dri-ven fields, Powell said.

At the same time, efforts willfocus on providing instruction“attuned to individual needs”to “combat any overwhelmingfeelings” brought on by beingpart of a 2,000-student school,Powell said.

William Greene, assistantsuperintendent of businessservices, showed photos of thenew school’s construction,updated regularly with the useof drone photography.

One large photo showed theinitial building of a stage at oneend of a walled-in area in themulti-purpose cafetorium, anda large kitchen at the otherend.

Greene also noted thatassembly of bleachers for thenew 4,500-seat football-sportsstadium is expected to getunderway this week.

The stadium is to be ready bythe 2016 football season,

Matt Yunker, the highschool’s athletic director,stressed the district’s emphasison academic success by notingthat 400-plus of the district’s800 student-athletes in gradesseven to 12 maintain a 3.2 GPA.

Yunker also reported that

more than $125,000 has beengenerated through a CorporatePartnership Campaign thatincludes future naming rightsfor various parts of the newstadium and seating areas.

Substantial changes in cur-riculum were cited by DavidPritt, the district’s director ofcurriculum and instruction. He

noted the addition of coursesincluding a Spanish coursethat blends online and class-room instruction, advancedplacement courses in Macro-economics, European History,Psychology, Physics 1 and 2,Chemistry and English.

Contact Steve Fogarty at 329-7146 orsfogarty@chroniclet.com.

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