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Long-Term Capital Improvements
- Message From Board President
- Projects
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Long-Term Planning Information and Updates
- January 9, 2023 - School Board Presentation - Construction Updates
- December 5, 2022 - School Board Presentation - Construction Updates
- November 7, 2022 - School Board Presentation - Construction Updates
- October 10, 2022 - School Board Presentation - Construction Updates
- April 4, 2022 - School Board Presentation - Elementary Buildings
- March 7, 2022 - School Board Presentation - Yost Elementary
- February 7, 2022 - School Board Presentation - Westchester & Liberty Int./Mid
- January 11, 2022 - Notice of Execution of Lease
- January 10, 2022 - School Board Presentation - Westchester & Liberty Int./Mid & Yost Elem
- December 9, 2021 - Notice of Additional Appropriation
- December 9, 2021 - Notice of Lease Hearing
- December 6, 2021 - School Board Presentation - Westchester & Liberty Int./Mid & Yost Elem
- November 4, 2021 - School Board Presentation - Westchester & Liberty Int./Middle Schools & Yost Elem
- October 4, 2021 - School Board Presentation - Westchester & Liberty Intermediate/Middle Schools
- September 13, 2021 - School Board Presentation - New Yost Elementary Planning Update
- August 11, 2021 - Community Forum Presentation
- August 9, 2021 - School Board Presentation - Intermediate School Concepts & New Yost Elementary
- July 21, 2021 - Community Forum Announcement
- July 14, 2021 - Community Forum Presentation
- July 8, 2021 - Community Forums Announcement
- May 19, 2021 - Next Steps Staff Meetings
- April 15, 2021 - Notice of Adoption of Preliminary Determination
- April 12, 2021 - Public Second Preliminary Determination Hearing
- April 5, 2021 - Public Preliminary Determination Hearing Presentation
- March 25, 2021 - Notice of Hearings
- March 1, 2021 - School Board Presentation
- February 1, 2021 - School Board Presentation
- 2018 Demographic Study
- FAQs - Long Term Capital Improvements
Westchester Construction Pictures - January 2023































Construction Videos - August 2022
Description of Work
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Liberty and Westchester Intermediate Schools will be renovated to house students in grades 5-8. This will provide students will more opportunities and will also reduce school transitions from four to three over the course of a student's career in the district. There will be two separate houses for students, one for 5th and 6th grade and one for 7th and 8th grade. This creates a school-within-a-school concept, a strategy that is used to make a large school feel smaller to students and to separate students at different stages of physical and social-emotional development. All students will have some shared spaces, but schedules will be created to ensure that a 5th grade student is not eating lunch with an 8th grade student. The center of the building will still include an expanded cafeteria and media center, along with enhancements for STEM, Project-Based Learning, and Robotics. Renovations and enhancements will also be made in the arts and physical education areas of the buildings.
Considerations:
- Address Traffic and Parking
- New Additions to expand Grade Level "Houses"
- 5th & 6th Grade Entry with Main Office
- 7th & 8th Grade Entry with Main Office
- Expand Cafeteria
- Performing Arts Updates
- Media Center with STEM/Robotics
- Building Systems updates (HVAC, Electrical, Other)
- Interior updates
Exterior Concept Drawings - February 2022




Interior Concept Drawings


Site Concept Drawing - February 2022
