Carter Junior High is going to be rebuilt, and the design of the new building is officially underway.
After meeting last week with senior district administrators to hear their desires for the new Carter, Corgan, the architect hired to design the new school, hosted the first of three design charettes. In the first charette, the architect team met with Carter teachers in the current Carter library to get their input and hear their hopes and vision for the new building.
鈥淭his really works when you get involved,鈥 Kelly Horn, 色窝窝无码一区二区三区 assistant superintendent of facility services, told the teachers at the beginning of the meeting. 鈥淒on鈥檛 be afraid to speak up and give your ideas. There will be things that we take from today that will be in the new school.
鈥淭ell us what you envision, even if it鈥檚 George Jetson-like.鈥
The new school is a 2019 Bond project needed because of Carter鈥檚 age. Opened it 1958, the school wasn鈥檛 built for modern technology, HVAC, lighting or today鈥檚 education models. In addition, the site is undersized, and erosion in the adjacent creek impedes site use. There is no room for a track around the football field or ample parking.
That will all change with the new building. The school will be relocated to the site of the former Knox Elementary (and now the temporary Thornton Elementary), a site that is more centrally located to the Carter student population and large enough to accommodate all program offerings.
But first, the new school needs to be carefully and purposefully designed to match Carter鈥檚 needs and enhance the educational experience for seventh and eighth graders.
鈥淲e know there is a rich culture at Carter, and we want to make sure that is supported as we move into the new building,鈥 said Chloe Hosid, an education researcher with the Corgan design team.
The meeting鈥檚 intent was to tap into the teachers鈥 expertise, experience and insight, and they delivered. With lively conversation, they shared their ideas and hopes for everything from collaboration spaces, libraries, classroom and lab designs to furniture, colors, access to technology, floorplans, site layout and more.
Next, it will be Carter students鈥 turn. Student representatives will meet in the second design charrette with Corgan architects to share their input and desires followed by a third charrette with Carter parents.
Corgan will use all the input from teachers, students, parents and district administrators to finalize plans for the new building鈥檚 design. The Corgan team will then present the design to the 色窝窝无码一区二区三区 Board of Trustees in the spring of 2022.