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| School board looks ahead to 10 years of improvements |
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| Written by Maddy Houk / Patterson Irrigator / | |
| Friday, 25 April 2008 | |
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At a glance
School trustees wrapped up modernization work at Patterson High School this week and set out to prioritize the next decade of local upgrades. A tour of Patterson High School’s newly completed gymnasium, shower/locker rooms and classrooms on Monday night concluded the immediate projects on the local campus. Following the tour, Patterson Unified School District trustees reviewed 10-year master plan lists for each school in the district, presented by Mark Wheeler, manager of facilities and construction. “The lists are in no particular order at this point,” Wheeler told the board. “I want you to prioritize — I want you to formulate a plan.” At Las Palmas Elementary School, for instance, the kitchen needs to be renovated and modernized, the administrative office is too small and the school needs a new library. At Grayson Charter School in Westley, all the windows and exterior fences need replacement, and the out-of-date portables, classrooms and library should be removed or revamped. Creekside Middle School needs a new cafeteria or multiuse room with a covered eating area and a shade structure for the outside amphitheater, among other items. The lists are long for all the schools in the district, including Phase 1 of Walnut Grove School in eastern Patterson, which is being built now for 600 students. Phase 2 will see construction of classrooms for hundreds more students, along with administration and library buildings. Eventually, the school will accommodate 1,000 students. As the board looked over requests for campus expansions, Trustee Michele Bays advised against building on too much open land. “We should look into two-story additions, particularly at Del Puerto,” Bays said. “We keep eating up a lot of the grass and play area. I think we need to look up rather than out — the kids need a place to play.” Steve Menge, assistant superintendent of educational eservices, pointed out that every two-story building would need an elevator to meet disability codes. “Everything we build, we’ll build permanent from here on,” said Patrick Sweeney, superintendent of schools. Wheeler said he has been involved in construction of two-story schools in San Francisco, but normally, elementary schools are not two-story buildings. Wheeler will discuss the cost of work on the master-plan lists at the board’s May 19 meeting. To reach Maddy Houk at the Irrigator, call 892-6187 or e-mail her at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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