Chronicle Telegram April 27

Elyria Chronicle Telegram 04/27/2016
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LOCAL
The Chronicle-Telegram
A3
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Future of Ridgeville Schools discussed
Steve Fogarty
The Chronicle-Telegram
NORTH RIDGEVILLE —
Everything from a construction
update to changes in curriculum, sports, and the way in
which students will learn was
discussed Thursday night during a community forum at
North Ridgeville High School.
An audience of 40 to 50
school personnel and community members received an
overview of progress underway
or planned for the school system over the next few years.
Superintendent James Powell, who likened it to his annual
State of the Schools address,
opened the 90-minute session
by explaining the impact of the
$58.1 million middle school, to
house grades three to eight.
On schedule and planned to
open fall 2017, the school will
house some 2,000 students and
will significantly affect six of
the district’s seven schools.
“It will provide a different
education for the next 75 to 100
years,” Powell said.
Liberty Elementary School
will transition to a first- and
second-grade building. North
Ridgeville Education Center
will be renovated to consolidate preschool and kindergarten programs into new
classrooms.
The current pre-kindergarten site at the Early Childhood Learning Center at
Fields-Sweet School will be
demolished.
The district also will be able
to offer all-day kindergarten,
Powell said.
Heightened security is
another goal. Entrances are
expected to be more secure by
funneling students and visitors
past administrative offices.
A conversion to LED is
expected to bring savings over
time, along with replacing
heating and air conditioning
systems with more energy-efficient models.
“This will not only save
money but prolong the life of
our buildings,” Powell said.
Other highlights of the presentation included architectural
drawings of the new middle
school’s design that will move
away from traditional classrooms. The more open, collaborative work spaces are
intended to mimic environments students will face in the
working world.
A shift to a more varied, flexible curriculum is aimed at better preparing students for
future jobs, many of which will
be in high-tech, computer-driven fields, Powell said.
At the same time, efforts will
focus on providing instruction
“attuned to individual needs”
to “combat any overwhelming
feelings” brought on by being
part of a 2,000-student school,
Powell said.
William Greene, assistant
superintendent of business
services, showed photos of the
new school’s construction,
updated regularly with the use
of drone photography.
One large photo showed the
initial building of a stage at one
end of a walled-in area in the
multi-purpose cafetorium, and
a large kitchen at the other
end.
Greene also noted that
assembly of bleachers for the
new 4,500-seat football-sports
stadium is expected to get
underway this week.
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The stadium is to be ready by
the 2016 football season,
Matt Yunker, the high
school’s athletic director,
stressed the district’s emphasis
on academic success by noting
that 400-plus of the district’s
800 student-athletes in grades
seven to 12 maintain a 3.2 GPA.
Yunker also reported that
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generated through a Corporate
Partnership Campaign that
includes future naming rights
for various parts of the new
stadium and seating areas.
Substantial changes in curriculum were cited by David
Pritt, the district’s director of
curriculum and instruction. He
noted the addition of courses
including a Spanish course
that blends online and classroom instruction, advanced
placement courses in Macroeconomics, European History,
Psychology, Physics 1 and 2,
Chemistry and English.
Contact Steve Fogarty at 329-7146 or
[email protected].
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