Why the f*ck does Scottsdale tear its old schools down and build news ones??? Is this a government welfare program for construction companies??? Do the board members of the Scottsdale School District also own a construction and demolition company??? Most schools stay up FOREVER. I know Yuma High School, West High, Central High, North High, Chandler High and Tempe High are all probably 100+ years old. But in Snotsdale Coronado High School was torn down and rebuild and I doubt if it was 50 years old. Now they want to rip down all these other relatively new Scottsdale schools azcentral/story/news/local/scottsdale/2015/01/23/scottsdale-schools-rebuild-recommendation/22216925/ Architects: 8 Scottsdale schools should be torn down Mary Beth Faller, The Republic | azcentral 4:47 p.m. MST January 23, 2015 The eight schools the firm recommended be torn down and rebuilt are Hohokam, Hopi, Kiva, Navajo, Pima, Pueblo, Tavan and the closed Tonalea campus. 8 schools in poor condition An architecture firm hired by the Scottsdale Unified School District has recommended rebuilding eight elementary schools that are in poor condition. The district hired ADM Group Inc. of Tempe to assess the 19 elementary and K-8 schools, several of which are far below capacity. Scottsdale is paying $19,500 to the firm. The eight schools the firm recommended be torn down and rebuilt are Hohokam, Hopi, Kiva, Navajo, Pima, Pueblo, Tavan and the closed Tonalea campus. The architects presented their findings at a community forum Wednesday night at Ingleside Middle School. The meeting was the first of five to gauge community feedback on rebuilding or consolidating schools. ADM architects Carmen Wyckoff and Nina Sheriff said they walked through each school in the fall, observing how space was used. The architects didnt present any cost estimates or enrollment predictions, which dismayed some people at the meeting, who said its difficult to give feedback without all the information. Sheriff said the firm is simply giving a recommendation on the condition of each school and gathering opinions from the meetings to present to the governing board in March. Everyone who attends a community meeting can fill out a survey ranking variables that are most important in a master plan, such as closing schools, making them more energy efficient or reducing class sizes. The architects presentation and survey will be posted on the districts web site in February. Any renovations would require that voters approve a construction bond. The board would have to vote on that by June for it to be on the November ballot. Wyckoff told the community members that rebuild could mean smaller schools, recommended in the case of Kiva, or larger. Superintendent David Peterson said the board could vote to consolidate some schools and rebuild others. Light renovations would include new roofs at several schools, Wyckoff said. The district might also choose to upgrade security by building enclosed vestibules at the main entrances. ABOUT SCOTTSDALE SCHOOLS Here is the architects assessment of each school, the year it was built and how much of the school is being used by students. Wyckoff said that the ideal capacity level is 80 percent. - Anasazi – light renovations, 1996, 77 percent. - Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center – no renovations, rebuilt in 2013, 83 percent. - Cherokee – major renovations, 1974, 75 percent. - Cheyenne – light renovations including a new gym and science lab, 1996, 90 percent. - Cochise – light renovations, 2001, 86 percent. - Copper Ridge – light renovations, 2001, 81 percent. - Desert Canyon Elementary – light renovations including a new gym, 1998, 76 percent. - Hohokam – rebuild, 1960, 55 percent. - Hopi – rebuild, 1961, 99 percent. - Kiva – rebuild, 1957, 65 percent. - Laguna – light renovations, 1987, 87 percent. - Navajo – rebuild, 1960, 56 percent. - Pima – rebuild, 1959, 69 percent. - Pueblo – rebuild, 1971, 79 percent. - Redfield – light renovations, 1989, 61 percent, - Sequoya – light renovations, 1988, 62 percent, - Tavan – rebuild some of the campus, 1955 and 2003, 81 percent, - Tonalea at the Oak Street campus – light renovations, 2004, 70 percent, - Tonalea original campus at 68th Street and Oak, now closed, rebuild, 1956. - Yavapai – no renovations, rebuilt in 2011, 55 percent.
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