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C I N C I N N A T I Opened New Rockdale PreK-8 (Avondale) Opened January 2005. New Midway PreK-8 (Westwood) Opened August 2005. New Roll Hill PreK-8 (North Fairmount) Opened August 2005. New Winton Hills PreK-8 (Winton Hills) Opened August 2005. New Pleasant Hill PreK-8 (College Hill) Opened November 2005. New Riverview East PreK-12 (Columbia Tusculum) - Opened January 2006. New Woodward 9-12 (Bond Hill) Opened August 2006. Cheviot, Renovation and Addition PreK-8 (Cheviot) - Opened August 2006. New Rees E. Price PreK-8 (Price Hill) Opened August 2006. (Temporary home of Whittier School) New Zoo Academy 11-12 (Avondale) Opened August 2006. Opening Soon New Millvale PreK-8 (Cumminsville) Exterior completed; interior finishes and parking lots under way for 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students three blocks from current building. Construction finishes November 2006; school moves in over Winter Break 2006. Architect: URS Corp. Building Construction Cost: $10,516,014 New Shroder 7-12 (Madisonville) - Exterior completed; interior walls and finishes under way on 98,000-square-foot school for 600 students on Duck Creek Road. Construction finishes January 2007. Architect: Voorhis, Slone, Welsh, Crossland Architects Building Construction Cost: $15,070,987 New Roberts PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Precast exterior walls, roofs and interior walls under way on 95,000-square-foot school for 750 students. Construction finishes March 2007. Architect: McGill Smith Punshon Inc. and DeJong Building Construction Cost: $15,825,561 Under Construction Withrow Renovation 9-12 (Hyde Park) Gymnasium, kitchen and cafeteria ready for use Fall 2006. Withrow International moved into renovated south wings in April 2006. Withrow University moves into north wings over Spring Break 2007. Demolition of vocational building, renovation of stadium and construction finishes Summer 2007. Architect: Cole+Russell and Fanning/Howey Building Construction Cost: $38,078,004 New Douglass PreK-8 (Walnut Hills) – Exterior walls and structural framing under way on 74,000-square-foot school for 550 students. Construction finishes Summer 2007. CPS’ Facilities Master Plan 2006-2007 All dates and costs are estimates. Projects are listed roughly in order of completion. New Academy of World Languages PreK-8 (Evanston) - Foundation work under way on 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition completed of old building. Students moved August 2005 to 2240 Baltimore Avenue, North Fairmount. Construction finishes January 2008. Architect: McGill Smith Punshon Inc. Building Construction Cost: $14,281,483 New Fairview Prek-6 (Clifton) - Project bids awarded August 2006 on 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students to be built on site of Clifton School’s south building. Demolition of building completed January 2006. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: Glaserworks Building Construction Cost: $13,377,375 Kilgour Renovation and Addition PreK-6 (Mt. Lookout) - Project will be bid in September 2006 on a 23,630-square-foot addition and a full renovation of existing building for 450 students. Interior work to prepare for renovation completed Summer 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 3401 Edwards Road, Hyde Park, until work completed. Construction begins October 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: Champlin/Haupt Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $11,166,953 New South Avondale PreK-8 (Avondale) Project is being bid for 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition of old building completed in January 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 305 Rockdale Avenue, Avondale, until new building completed. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: ATA Beilharz Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,687,422 New Mt. Airy PreK-8 (Mt. Airy) - Project bids awarded for 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition of old building begins September 2006. Students moved December 2005 to 1402 W. North Bend Road, College Hill, until new school completed. Construction begins October 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: DH Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $13,790,289 New Bond Hill PreK-8 (Bond Hill) - Project bids awarded for 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students. Demolition of old building completed Summer 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 6701 Elbrook Drive, Amberley Village, until new building completed. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. New Covedale PreK-6 (Covedale) - Demolition of old Covedale building began August 2006 to clear site for new 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students. Students moved August 2005 to 3200 Midway Avenue, Westwood, until new building completed. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes Fall 2008. New Whittier PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Demolition of old building Winter 2007 will make space for 75,310-square-foot school for 550 students. Students moved August 2006 to 1228 Considine Avenue, Price Hill. Construction begins Spring 2007; completes Fall 2008. Architect: DNK Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,474,638 New Carson PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Front annex building demolished July 2006 to make space for a 75,310-square-foot school for 550 students on current campus. The school will operate inside the remaining two-story building until new construction completed. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes December 2008. Architect: GBBN Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $11,394,432 New Parker PreK-8 (Madisonville) - Design plans in progress for an 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Project will be bid in Summer 2007. Construction finishes Summer 2009. Architect: Voorhis, Slone, Welsh, Crossland Architects Building Construction Cost: $12,204,745 Hughes Renovation 9-12 (University Heights)Design plans under way for renovation of building for 1,400 students. Construction begins Summer 2007, moving in phases so students can remain; finishes Summer 2009. Architect: Cole+Russell + Fanning/Howey + Moody-Nolan Building Construction Cost: $44,980,758 Roselawn Condon Renovation Prek-8 (Roselawn)Design in progress for school for 550 students. Students will remain on site during renovations. Construction begins Fall 2007; finishes Summer 2009. Architect: ATA Beilharz Architects Building Construction Cost: $7,087,555 New School for Creative and Performing Arts K-12 (Over-the-Rhine) - Final design under way for 250,000-square-foot school for 1,350 students at Central Parkway and Elm Street, Over-theRhine. SCPA will combine with Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment in the new building. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes Fall 2009. Architect: Steed Hammond Paul + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $11,925,069 Architect: Cole+Russell + Fanning/Howey + Moody-Nolan Building Construction Cost: $59,533,011 New Hays – Prek-8 (West End) - Exterior walls, structural framing under way on 66,100 squarefoot school for 450 students. Students moved to 940 Poplar Street, West End, until new building completed. Construction finishes Fall 2007. New Pleasant Ridge PreK-8 (Pleasant Ridge)Project will be bid September 2006 for 75,310square-foot school for 550 students. Demolition of old building completed. Students moved August 2005 to 4324 Homer Avenue, Madisonville, until new building completed. Construction begins November 2006; finishes Summer 2008. New Sands Montessori PreK-6 (Mt. Washington)Design under way for 84,143- square-foot school for 650 students on current site. Construction begins late 2007; finishes Fall 2009. Architect: Steed Hammond Paul + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,417,041 An Update on the Facilities Master Plan for Cincinnati Public Schools Architect: KZF Design Building Construction Cost: $11,739,977 Architect: DNK Architects + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $12,705,566 Architect: Moody-Nolan Inc. Building Construction Cost: $12,703,659 S C H O O L S Zoo Academy students spread mulch inside the new greenhouse (left); students gather for class inside the new science laboratory (below). Progress On Individual Schools Up Next P U B L I C Architect: Steed Hammond Paul Building Construction Cost: $12,647,439 Facilities Update Zoo Academy Moves In With The Wild Things An Update on CPS’ Facilities Master Plan • September 2006 This out-of-the-ordinary classroom is so big there’s enough room for a sloth to live in a tree. The classroom — a 50-foot-tall, round greenhouse at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden — is the centerpiece of new space opened August 22 for Cincinnati Public School’s Zoo Academy, a Hughes Center program. A part of the zoo since the ‘70s, the Zoo Academy moved out of its old quarters with two small classrooms into a four-classroom, 6,000-square-foot wing in the Zoo’s new $8.4-million Harold C. Schott Education Center. The new space is operated by CPS under a long-term lease, and construction was funded with $1.5 million from the Facilities Master Plan. It comes with computers, a fully equipped science lab, air-conditioning and a location closer to animal areas where students work part of the school day with zookeepers. The academy’s 42 students will use half of the rain-forest greenhouse as a botany lab and also will be responsible for the care of native plants outside the building, said Glen Schulte, lead teacher. “It’s amazing,” said William Goosby, a Zoo Academy senior. “It’s bigger, newer, cleaner and more environmentally friendly — there are solar panels on the roof.” Cincinnati Public Schools P.O. Box 5381 Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-5381 Public Affairs Department Editor: Christine Wolff; Designer: Courtney Wolf; Photographer: Robert T. Ohr (Form 3656) (513) 363-0020 www.cps-k12.org Superintendent Rosa Blackwell Board of Education: Susan Cranley, President; Eileen Cooper Reed, Vice President; Melanie Bates; John J. Gilligan; Catherine D. Ingram; Florence Newell, Ed.D; and Rick Williams. The Cincinnati Public School District provides equal educational, vocational, and employment opportunities for all people without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, color, age, disability, religion, national origin, creed, sexual orientation, or affiliation with a union or professional organization. The district is in compliance with Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. For additional information, contact the Title IX Coordinator or Section 504 Student Coordinator at 363-0000. TDD# 363-0124. September 2006 Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Cincinnati, Ohio Permit No. 7397 Woodward’s Principal Larry Ballew (above) welcomes visitors. What’s Happening Now As CPS’ 10-year Facilities Master Plan enters its fourth year, the count stands at ■ 10 projects completed — representing a $150.5-million investment in Cincinnati’s neighborhoods: • 8 new school buildings opened (including the Zoo Academy) • 1 full renovation finished ■ 3 projects finishing up during 2006-07: • 2 new elementary schools — Millvale School and Roberts Paideia Academy • 1 new high school — Shroder Paideia Academy Coming Soon ■ First whole-campus renovation of a high school building (Withrow), which finishes Summer 2007 ■ 2 building demolitions (old Mt. Airy, old Whittier). Eleven buildings demolished so far. Inside This Update ■ Cheviot School shows off its completed renovation and expansion. ■ Hughes Center’s Zoo Academy moves into new space at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. New Woodward High School Designed For 21st-Century Learning Cincinnati Public Schools opened its first new high school building since the ‘60s on August 22, welcoming students into a dynamic, contemporary school featuring labs large enough to construct a building inside, and the equipment and technology needed to launch students’ interests in technical careers. With glass walls, steel beams and a large sun-filled atrium, the new $41-million home of Woodward Career Technical High School looks more like a corporate headquarters than a school. The largest project completed so far under the district’s 10-year, $1-billion Facilities Master Plan, the new Woodward is a leading-edge building in Ohio for career-technical education. Three wings jut off from the main building — looking a bit like a giant W from the air — to give Woodward’s four educational programs unique space in laboratories and classrooms designed for hands-on learning coupled with a college-preparatory curriculum. The programs are Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Building Technologies, Health Technologies and Entrepreneurship. Woodward’s strong career-technical focus is the outgrowth of more than five years of community and district discussion about how best to launch students for success in the workforce while also preparing them for college, at graduation or later in life. CPS’ newest building also continues the district’s push to create schools that are Community Learning Centers, where community input helps design facilities that support students and neighborhoods. The new Woodward, which dominates a busy Reading Road intersection in Bond Hill, is creating more options for students after graduation, said Principal Larry Ballew. “We have meshed the concept of an academic track leading to college and a vocational track leading to a trade,” Ballew said. “We are preparing students for post-secondary education, yet our graduates will be prepared to enter a trade, too. And we give them sports, extracurricular activities, homecoming — the whole highschool experience.” C I N C I N N A T I Opened New Rockdale PreK-8 (Avondale) Opened January 2005. New Midway PreK-8 (Westwood) Opened August 2005. New Roll Hill PreK-8 (North Fairmount) Opened August 2005. New Winton Hills PreK-8 (Winton Hills) Opened August 2005. New Pleasant Hill PreK-8 (College Hill) Opened November 2005. New Riverview East PreK-12 (Columbia Tusculum) - Opened January 2006. New Woodward 9-12 (Bond Hill) Opened August 2006. Cheviot, Renovation and Addition PreK-8 (Cheviot) - Opened August 2006. New Rees E. Price PreK-8 (Price Hill) Opened August 2006. (Temporary home of Whittier School) New Zoo Academy 11-12 (Avondale) Opened August 2006. Opening Soon New Millvale PreK-8 (Cumminsville) Exterior completed; interior finishes and parking lots under way for 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students three blocks from current building. Construction finishes November 2006; school moves in over Winter Break 2006. Architect: URS Corp. Building Construction Cost: $10,516,014 New Shroder 7-12 (Madisonville) - Exterior completed; interior walls and finishes under way on 98,000-square-foot school for 600 students on Duck Creek Road. Construction finishes January 2007. Architect: Voorhis, Slone, Welsh, Crossland Architects Building Construction Cost: $15,070,987 New Roberts PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Precast exterior walls, roofs and interior walls under way on 95,000-square-foot school for 750 students. Construction finishes March 2007. Architect: McGill Smith Punshon Inc. and DeJong Building Construction Cost: $15,825,561 Under Construction Withrow Renovation 9-12 (Hyde Park) Gymnasium, kitchen and cafeteria ready for use Fall 2006. Withrow International moved into renovated south wings in April 2006. Withrow University moves into north wings over Spring Break 2007. Demolition of vocational building, renovation of stadium and construction finishes Summer 2007. Architect: Cole+Russell and Fanning/Howey Building Construction Cost: $38,078,004 New Douglass PreK-8 (Walnut Hills) – Exterior walls and structural framing under way on 74,000-square-foot school for 550 students. Construction finishes Summer 2007. CPS’ Facilities Master Plan 2006-2007 All dates and costs are estimates. Projects are listed roughly in order of completion. New Academy of World Languages PreK-8 (Evanston) - Foundation work under way on 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition completed of old building. Students moved August 2005 to 2240 Baltimore Avenue, North Fairmount. Construction finishes January 2008. Architect: McGill Smith Punshon Inc. Building Construction Cost: $14,281,483 New Fairview Prek-6 (Clifton) - Project bids awarded August 2006 on 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students to be built on site of Clifton School’s south building. Demolition of building completed January 2006. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: Glaserworks Building Construction Cost: $13,377,375 Kilgour Renovation and Addition PreK-6 (Mt. Lookout) - Project will be bid in September 2006 on a 23,630-square-foot addition and a full renovation of existing building for 450 students. Interior work to prepare for renovation completed Summer 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 3401 Edwards Road, Hyde Park, until work completed. Construction begins October 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: Champlin/Haupt Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $11,166,953 New South Avondale PreK-8 (Avondale) Project is being bid for 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition of old building completed in January 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 305 Rockdale Avenue, Avondale, until new building completed. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: ATA Beilharz Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,687,422 New Mt. Airy PreK-8 (Mt. Airy) - Project bids awarded for 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition of old building begins September 2006. Students moved December 2005 to 1402 W. North Bend Road, College Hill, until new school completed. Construction begins October 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: DH Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $13,790,289 New Bond Hill PreK-8 (Bond Hill) - Project bids awarded for 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students. Demolition of old building completed Summer 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 6701 Elbrook Drive, Amberley Village, until new building completed. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. New Covedale PreK-6 (Covedale) - Demolition of old Covedale building began August 2006 to clear site for new 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students. Students moved August 2005 to 3200 Midway Avenue, Westwood, until new building completed. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes Fall 2008. New Whittier PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Demolition of old building Winter 2007 will make space for 75,310-square-foot school for 550 students. Students moved August 2006 to 1228 Considine Avenue, Price Hill. Construction begins Spring 2007; completes Fall 2008. Architect: DNK Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,474,638 New Carson PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Front annex building demolished July 2006 to make space for a 75,310-square-foot school for 550 students on current campus. The school will operate inside the remaining two-story building until new construction completed. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes December 2008. Architect: GBBN Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $11,394,432 New Parker PreK-8 (Madisonville) - Design plans in progress for an 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Project will be bid in Summer 2007. Construction finishes Summer 2009. Architect: Voorhis, Slone, Welsh, Crossland Architects Building Construction Cost: $12,204,745 Hughes Renovation 9-12 (University Heights)Design plans under way for renovation of building for 1,400 students. Construction begins Summer 2007, moving in phases so students can remain; finishes Summer 2009. Architect: Cole+Russell + Fanning/Howey + Moody-Nolan Building Construction Cost: $44,980,758 Roselawn Condon Renovation Prek-8 (Roselawn)Design in progress for school for 550 students. Students will remain on site during renovations. Construction begins Fall 2007; finishes Summer 2009. Architect: ATA Beilharz Architects Building Construction Cost: $7,087,555 New School for Creative and Performing Arts K-12 (Over-the-Rhine) - Final design under way for 250,000-square-foot school for 1,350 students at Central Parkway and Elm Street, Over-theRhine. SCPA will combine with Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment in the new building. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes Fall 2009. Architect: Steed Hammond Paul + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $11,925,069 Architect: Cole+Russell + Fanning/Howey + Moody-Nolan Building Construction Cost: $59,533,011 New Hays – Prek-8 (West End) - Exterior walls, structural framing under way on 66,100 squarefoot school for 450 students. Students moved to 940 Poplar Street, West End, until new building completed. Construction finishes Fall 2007. New Pleasant Ridge PreK-8 (Pleasant Ridge)Project will be bid September 2006 for 75,310square-foot school for 550 students. Demolition of old building completed. Students moved August 2005 to 4324 Homer Avenue, Madisonville, until new building completed. Construction begins November 2006; finishes Summer 2008. New Sands Montessori PreK-6 (Mt. Washington)Design under way for 84,143- square-foot school for 650 students on current site. Construction begins late 2007; finishes Fall 2009. Architect: Steed Hammond Paul + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,417,041 An Update on the Facilities Master Plan for Cincinnati Public Schools Architect: KZF Design Building Construction Cost: $11,739,977 Architect: DNK Architects + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $12,705,566 Architect: Moody-Nolan Inc. Building Construction Cost: $12,703,659 S C H O O L S Zoo Academy students spread mulch inside the new greenhouse (left); students gather for class inside the new science laboratory (below). Progress On Individual Schools Up Next P U B L I C Architect: Steed Hammond Paul Building Construction Cost: $12,647,439 Facilities Update Zoo Academy Moves In With The Wild Things An Update on CPS’ Facilities Master Plan • September 2006 This out-of-the-ordinary classroom is so big there’s enough room for a sloth to live in a tree. The classroom — a 50-foot-tall, round greenhouse at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden — is the centerpiece of new space opened August 22 for Cincinnati Public School’s Zoo Academy, a Hughes Center program. A part of the zoo since the ‘70s, the Zoo Academy moved out of its old quarters with two small classrooms into a four-classroom, 6,000-square-foot wing in the Zoo’s new $8.4-million Harold C. Schott Education Center. The new space is operated by CPS under a long-term lease, and construction was funded with $1.5 million from the Facilities Master Plan. It comes with computers, a fully equipped science lab, air-conditioning and a location closer to animal areas where students work part of the school day with zookeepers. The academy’s 42 students will use half of the rain-forest greenhouse as a botany lab and also will be responsible for the care of native plants outside the building, said Glen Schulte, lead teacher. “It’s amazing,” said William Goosby, a Zoo Academy senior. “It’s bigger, newer, cleaner and more environmentally friendly — there are solar panels on the roof.” Cincinnati Public Schools P.O. Box 5381 Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-5381 Public Affairs Department Editor: Christine Wolff; Designer: Courtney Wolf; Photographer: Robert T. Ohr (Form 3656) (513) 363-0020 www.cps-k12.org Superintendent Rosa Blackwell Board of Education: Susan Cranley, President; Eileen Cooper Reed, Vice President; Melanie Bates; John J. Gilligan; Catherine D. Ingram; Florence Newell, Ed.D; and Rick Williams. The Cincinnati Public School District provides equal educational, vocational, and employment opportunities for all people without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, color, age, disability, religion, national origin, creed, sexual orientation, or affiliation with a union or professional organization. The district is in compliance with Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. For additional information, contact the Title IX Coordinator or Section 504 Student Coordinator at 363-0000. TDD# 363-0124. September 2006 Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Cincinnati, Ohio Permit No. 7397 Woodward’s Principal Larry Ballew (above) welcomes visitors. What’s Happening Now As CPS’ 10-year Facilities Master Plan enters its fourth year, the count stands at ■ 10 projects completed — representing a $150.5-million investment in Cincinnati’s neighborhoods: • 8 new school buildings opened (including the Zoo Academy) • 1 full renovation finished ■ 3 projects finishing up during 2006-07: • 2 new elementary schools — Millvale School and Roberts Paideia Academy • 1 new high school — Shroder Paideia Academy Coming Soon ■ First whole-campus renovation of a high school building (Withrow), which finishes Summer 2007 ■ 2 building demolitions (old Mt. Airy, old Whittier). Eleven buildings demolished so far. Inside This Update ■ Cheviot School shows off its completed renovation and expansion. ■ Hughes Center’s Zoo Academy moves into new space at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. New Woodward High School Designed For 21st-Century Learning Cincinnati Public Schools opened its first new high school building since the ‘60s on August 22, welcoming students into a dynamic, contemporary school featuring labs large enough to construct a building inside, and the equipment and technology needed to launch students’ interests in technical careers. With glass walls, steel beams and a large sun-filled atrium, the new $41-million home of Woodward Career Technical High School looks more like a corporate headquarters than a school. The largest project completed so far under the district’s 10-year, $1-billion Facilities Master Plan, the new Woodward is a leading-edge building in Ohio for career-technical education. Three wings jut off from the main building — looking a bit like a giant W from the air — to give Woodward’s four educational programs unique space in laboratories and classrooms designed for hands-on learning coupled with a college-preparatory curriculum. The programs are Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Building Technologies, Health Technologies and Entrepreneurship. Woodward’s strong career-technical focus is the outgrowth of more than five years of community and district discussion about how best to launch students for success in the workforce while also preparing them for college, at graduation or later in life. CPS’ newest building also continues the district’s push to create schools that are Community Learning Centers, where community input helps design facilities that support students and neighborhoods. The new Woodward, which dominates a busy Reading Road intersection in Bond Hill, is creating more options for students after graduation, said Principal Larry Ballew. “We have meshed the concept of an academic track leading to college and a vocational track leading to a trade,” Ballew said. “We are preparing students for post-secondary education, yet our graduates will be prepared to enter a trade, too. And we give them sports, extracurricular activities, homecoming — the whole highschool experience.” Woodward Career Technical High School Connects Classrooms To College And Careers Cheviet There’s been a Woodward High School in Cincinnati for 175 years. Its newest and 6th home reflects its new mission: A $41-million, 271,000square-foot contemporary building, looking like a corporate headquarters where students aspire to work. A 1,200-seat, arena-style gymnasium with a NCAAregulation basketball court is a welcomed change from old Woodward’s undersized floor. Cheviot School Beautifully Blends Old With New Two-stories tall, this large wor kspace allows Building Techno logies’ students room to bui a small structure, where they ld will learn to install electrical wiring, plumbing, dry wall, etc Students also will build structu . res from the foundation up on an outdoor grass lot. Natural light pours through a 25-foot, insulated-glass wall, filling an 8,000-square-foot open area at the school’s hub. This area, with a large stage and backstage at one end, serves as auditorium, cafeteria and crossroads. Cheviot School celebrates its 80th anniversary this year inside a newly renovated and expanded building, smoothly meshing the school’s original building with a new wing. The $12-million construction project, which worked around students for more than three years, included demolition of a 1950s-era addition, the full renovation and modernization of the original 1926 building and the construction of a two-story, 54,550square-foot wing. “It’s exciting to have it completed and to finally have use of this wonderful facility for our students. I’m grateful to the staff, students and the community for their patience through it all.” Principal Maria Bonavita said. “Everyone comments on how open it is, how nicely it flows and how much natural light comes in.” The old clock in the cupola now works again atop the original building, while in the renovated classrooms below the modern touches include central air-conditioning and upgraded wiring to accommodate computers. illiam Woodatue honoring W st e th k, ey ar m nd y land and mon hborhood la who gave the cit n s. A Bond Hill neig io pu at m uc ca ed e e th fre cate for — remains on ol ho Sc gh ward — an advo Hi d ar the the first Woodw tablished west of in 1831 to open rst high school es ward Taft. fi Ho ic or am st illi hi e W t th en include Presid It’s a visible tie to ni um al s ou m ains. Fa Allegheny Mount New Woodward offers 26 laboratory classroo ms (up from nine in the old schoo l). Students will learn beyond the traditional science courses; for example, students in Woodward’s Health Technologies program are introduc ed to biotechnology and laboratory sci ence. The addition attached behind the original building holds the school’s main office and new main entrance, and the common areas such as the gymnasium (twice as big as the school’s old one), a community room, cafeteria, and art and music rooms (better than the old days of art-on-a-cart and music classes in the cafeteria, Bonavita said). Classrooms inside the new addition and the renovated building follow the district’s pattern of clustering four enclosed classrooms near an open Extended-Learning Area, which teachers may use for such things as special projects and small-group learning. Principal Maria Bonavita (left) welcomes visitors to the new entrance to Cheviot School, located around back of the original building. Inside, a new glass-enclosed main office (below top) provides a customer-friendly welcome. The cupola atop the school’s original 1926 building (below center) is framed by the new wing. Cheviot’s new classrooms (below bottom) offer comfortable learning environments. Woodward Career Technical High School Connects Classrooms To College And Careers Cheviet There’s been a Woodward High School in Cincinnati for 175 years. Its newest and 6th home reflects its new mission: A $41-million, 271,000square-foot contemporary building, looking like a corporate headquarters where students aspire to work. A 1,200-seat, arena-style gymnasium with a NCAAregulation basketball court is a welcomed change from old Woodward’s undersized floor. Cheviot School Beautifully Blends Old With New Two-stories tall, this large wor kspace allows Building Techno logies’ students room to bui a small structure, where they ld will learn to install electrical wiring, plumbing, dry wall, etc Students also will build structu . res from the foundation up on an outdoor grass lot. Natural light pours through a 25-foot, insulated-glass wall, filling an 8,000-square-foot open area at the school’s hub. This area, with a large stage and backstage at one end, serves as auditorium, cafeteria and crossroads. Cheviot School celebrates its 80th anniversary this year inside a newly renovated and expanded building, smoothly meshing the school’s original building with a new wing. The $12-million construction project, which worked around students for more than three years, included demolition of a 1950s-era addition, the full renovation and modernization of the original 1926 building and the construction of a two-story, 54,550square-foot wing. “It’s exciting to have it completed and to finally have use of this wonderful facility for our students. I’m grateful to the staff, students and the community for their patience through it all.” Principal Maria Bonavita said. “Everyone comments on how open it is, how nicely it flows and how much natural light comes in.” The old clock in the cupola now works again atop the original building, while in the renovated classrooms below the modern touches include central air-conditioning and upgraded wiring to accommodate computers. illiam Woodatue honoring W st e th k, ey ar m nd y land and mon hborhood la who gave the cit n s. A Bond Hill neig io pu at m uc ca ed e e th fre cate for — remains on ol ho Sc gh ward — an advo Hi d ar the the first Woodw tablished west of in 1831 to open rst high school es ward Taft. fi Ho ic or am st illi hi e W t th en include Presid It’s a visible tie to ni um al s ou m ains. Fa Allegheny Mount New Woodward offers 26 laboratory classroo ms (up from nine in the old schoo l). Students will learn beyond the traditional science courses; for example, students in Woodward’s Health Technologies program are introduc ed to biotechnology and laboratory sci ence. The addition attached behind the original building holds the school’s main office and new main entrance, and the common areas such as the gymnasium (twice as big as the school’s old one), a community room, cafeteria, and art and music rooms (better than the old days of art-on-a-cart and music classes in the cafeteria, Bonavita said). Classrooms inside the new addition and the renovated building follow the district’s pattern of clustering four enclosed classrooms near an open Extended-Learning Area, which teachers may use for such things as special projects and small-group learning. Principal Maria Bonavita (left) welcomes visitors to the new entrance to Cheviot School, located around back of the original building. Inside, a new glass-enclosed main office (below top) provides a customer-friendly welcome. The cupola atop the school’s original 1926 building (below center) is framed by the new wing. Cheviot’s new classrooms (below bottom) offer comfortable learning environments. C I N C I N N A T I Opened New Rockdale PreK-8 (Avondale) Opened January 2005. New Midway PreK-8 (Westwood) Opened August 2005. New Roll Hill PreK-8 (North Fairmount) Opened August 2005. New Winton Hills PreK-8 (Winton Hills) Opened August 2005. New Pleasant Hill PreK-8 (College Hill) Opened November 2005. New Riverview East PreK-12 (Columbia Tusculum) - Opened January 2006. New Woodward 9-12 (Bond Hill) Opened August 2006. Cheviot, Renovation and Addition PreK-8 (Cheviot) - Opened August 2006. New Rees E. Price PreK-8 (Price Hill) Opened August 2006. (Temporary home of Whittier School) New Zoo Academy 11-12 (Avondale) Opened August 2006. Opening Soon New Millvale PreK-8 (Cumminsville) Exterior completed; interior finishes and parking lots under way for 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students three blocks from current building. Construction finishes November 2006; school moves in over Winter Break 2006. Architect: URS Corp. Building Construction Cost: $10,516,014 New Shroder 7-12 (Madisonville) - Exterior completed; interior walls and finishes under way on 98,000-square-foot school for 600 students on Duck Creek Road. Construction finishes January 2007. Architect: Voorhis, Slone, Welsh, Crossland Architects Building Construction Cost: $15,070,987 New Roberts PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Precast exterior walls, roofs and interior walls under way on 95,000-square-foot school for 750 students. Construction finishes March 2007. Architect: McGill Smith Punshon Inc. and DeJong Building Construction Cost: $15,825,561 Under Construction Withrow Renovation 9-12 (Hyde Park) Gymnasium, kitchen and cafeteria ready for use Fall 2006. Withrow International moved into renovated south wings in April 2006. Withrow University moves into north wings over Spring Break 2007. Demolition of vocational building, renovation of stadium and construction finishes Summer 2007. Architect: Cole+Russell and Fanning/Howey Building Construction Cost: $38,078,004 New Douglass PreK-8 (Walnut Hills) – Exterior walls and structural framing under way on 74,000-square-foot school for 550 students. Construction finishes Summer 2007. CPS’ Facilities Master Plan 2006-2007 All dates and costs are estimates. Projects are listed roughly in order of completion. New Academy of World Languages PreK-8 (Evanston) - Foundation work under way on 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition completed of old building. Students moved August 2005 to 2240 Baltimore Avenue, North Fairmount. Construction finishes January 2008. Architect: McGill Smith Punshon Inc. Building Construction Cost: $14,281,483 New Fairview Prek-6 (Clifton) - Project bids awarded August 2006 on 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students to be built on site of Clifton School’s south building. Demolition of building completed January 2006. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: Glaserworks Building Construction Cost: $13,377,375 Kilgour Renovation and Addition PreK-6 (Mt. Lookout) - Project will be bid in September 2006 on a 23,630-square-foot addition and a full renovation of existing building for 450 students. Interior work to prepare for renovation completed Summer 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 3401 Edwards Road, Hyde Park, until work completed. Construction begins October 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: Champlin/Haupt Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $11,166,953 New South Avondale PreK-8 (Avondale) Project is being bid for 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition of old building completed in January 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 305 Rockdale Avenue, Avondale, until new building completed. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: ATA Beilharz Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,687,422 New Mt. Airy PreK-8 (Mt. Airy) - Project bids awarded for 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Demolition of old building begins September 2006. Students moved December 2005 to 1402 W. North Bend Road, College Hill, until new school completed. Construction begins October 2006; finishes Spring 2008. Architect: DH Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $13,790,289 New Bond Hill PreK-8 (Bond Hill) - Project bids awarded for 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students. Demolition of old building completed Summer 2006. Students moved August 2005 to 6701 Elbrook Drive, Amberley Village, until new building completed. Construction begins September 2006; finishes Spring 2008. New Covedale PreK-6 (Covedale) - Demolition of old Covedale building began August 2006 to clear site for new 66,100-square-foot school for 450 students. Students moved August 2005 to 3200 Midway Avenue, Westwood, until new building completed. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes Fall 2008. New Whittier PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Demolition of old building Winter 2007 will make space for 75,310-square-foot school for 550 students. Students moved August 2006 to 1228 Considine Avenue, Price Hill. Construction begins Spring 2007; completes Fall 2008. Architect: DNK Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,474,638 New Carson PreK-8 (Price Hill) - Front annex building demolished July 2006 to make space for a 75,310-square-foot school for 550 students on current campus. The school will operate inside the remaining two-story building until new construction completed. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes December 2008. Architect: GBBN Architects Inc. Building Construction Cost: $11,394,432 New Parker PreK-8 (Madisonville) - Design plans in progress for an 84,144-square-foot school for 650 students. Project will be bid in Summer 2007. Construction finishes Summer 2009. Architect: Voorhis, Slone, Welsh, Crossland Architects Building Construction Cost: $12,204,745 Hughes Renovation 9-12 (University Heights)Design plans under way for renovation of building for 1,400 students. Construction begins Summer 2007, moving in phases so students can remain; finishes Summer 2009. Architect: Cole+Russell + Fanning/Howey + Moody-Nolan Building Construction Cost: $44,980,758 Roselawn Condon Renovation Prek-8 (Roselawn)Design in progress for school for 550 students. Students will remain on site during renovations. Construction begins Fall 2007; finishes Summer 2009. Architect: ATA Beilharz Architects Building Construction Cost: $7,087,555 New School for Creative and Performing Arts K-12 (Over-the-Rhine) - Final design under way for 250,000-square-foot school for 1,350 students at Central Parkway and Elm Street, Over-theRhine. SCPA will combine with Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment in the new building. Construction begins Spring 2007; finishes Fall 2009. Architect: Steed Hammond Paul + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $11,925,069 Architect: Cole+Russell + Fanning/Howey + Moody-Nolan Building Construction Cost: $59,533,011 New Hays – Prek-8 (West End) - Exterior walls, structural framing under way on 66,100 squarefoot school for 450 students. Students moved to 940 Poplar Street, West End, until new building completed. Construction finishes Fall 2007. New Pleasant Ridge PreK-8 (Pleasant Ridge)Project will be bid September 2006 for 75,310square-foot school for 550 students. Demolition of old building completed. Students moved August 2005 to 4324 Homer Avenue, Madisonville, until new building completed. Construction begins November 2006; finishes Summer 2008. New Sands Montessori PreK-6 (Mt. Washington)Design under way for 84,143- square-foot school for 650 students on current site. Construction begins late 2007; finishes Fall 2009. Architect: Steed Hammond Paul + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $13,417,041 An Update on the Facilities Master Plan for Cincinnati Public Schools Architect: KZF Design Building Construction Cost: $11,739,977 Architect: DNK Architects + DH Architects Building Construction Cost: $12,705,566 Architect: Moody-Nolan Inc. Building Construction Cost: $12,703,659 S C H O O L S Zoo Academy students spread mulch inside the new greenhouse (left); students gather for class inside the new science laboratory (below). Progress On Individual Schools Up Next P U B L I C Architect: Steed Hammond Paul Building Construction Cost: $12,647,439 Facilities Update Zoo Academy Moves In With The Wild Things An Update on CPS’ Facilities Master Plan • September 2006 This out-of-the-ordinary classroom is so big there’s enough room for a sloth to live in a tree. The classroom — a 50-foot-tall, round greenhouse at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden — is the centerpiece of new space opened August 22 for Cincinnati Public School’s Zoo Academy, a Hughes Center program. A part of the zoo since the ‘70s, the Zoo Academy moved out of its old quarters with two small classrooms into a four-classroom, 6,000-square-foot wing in the Zoo’s new $8.4-million Harold C. Schott Education Center. The new space is operated by CPS under a long-term lease, and construction was funded with $1.5 million from the Facilities Master Plan. It comes with computers, a fully equipped science lab, air-conditioning and a location closer to animal areas where students work part of the school day with zookeepers. The academy’s 42 students will use half of the rain-forest greenhouse as a botany lab and also will be responsible for the care of native plants outside the building, said Glen Schulte, lead teacher. “It’s amazing,” said William Goosby, a Zoo Academy senior. “It’s bigger, newer, cleaner and more environmentally friendly — there are solar panels on the roof.” Cincinnati Public Schools P.O. Box 5381 Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-5381 Public Affairs Department Editor: Christine Wolff; Designer: Courtney Wolf; Photographer: Robert T. Ohr (Form 3656) (513) 363-0020 www.cps-k12.org Superintendent Rosa Blackwell Board of Education: Susan Cranley, President; Eileen Cooper Reed, Vice President; Melanie Bates; John J. Gilligan; Catherine D. Ingram; Florence Newell, Ed.D; and Rick Williams. The Cincinnati Public School District provides equal educational, vocational, and employment opportunities for all people without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, color, age, disability, religion, national origin, creed, sexual orientation, or affiliation with a union or professional organization. The district is in compliance with Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. For additional information, contact the Title IX Coordinator or Section 504 Student Coordinator at 363-0000. TDD# 363-0124. September 2006 Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Cincinnati, Ohio Permit No. 7397 Woodward’s Principal Larry Ballew (above) welcomes visitors. What’s Happening Now As CPS’ 10-year Facilities Master Plan enters its fourth year, the count stands at ■ 10 projects completed — representing a $150.5-million investment in Cincinnati’s neighborhoods: • 8 new school buildings opened (including the Zoo Academy) • 1 full renovation finished ■ 3 projects finishing up during 2006-07: • 2 new elementary schools — Millvale School and Roberts Paideia Academy • 1 new high school — Shroder Paideia Academy Coming Soon ■ First whole-campus renovation of a high school building (Withrow), which finishes Summer 2007 ■ 2 building demolitions (old Mt. Airy, old Whittier). Eleven buildings demolished so far. Inside This Update ■ Cheviot School shows off its completed renovation and expansion. ■ Hughes Center’s Zoo Academy moves into new space at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. New Woodward High School Designed For 21st-Century Learning Cincinnati Public Schools opened its first new high school building since the ‘60s on August 22, welcoming students into a dynamic, contemporary school featuring labs large enough to construct a building inside, and the equipment and technology needed to launch students’ interests in technical careers. With glass walls, steel beams and a large sun-filled atrium, the new $41-million home of Woodward Career Technical High School looks more like a corporate headquarters than a school. The largest project completed so far under the district’s 10-year, $1-billion Facilities Master Plan, the new Woodward is a leading-edge building in Ohio for career-technical education. Three wings jut off from the main building — looking a bit like a giant W from the air — to give Woodward’s four educational programs unique space in laboratories and classrooms designed for hands-on learning coupled with a college-preparatory curriculum. The programs are Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Building Technologies, Health Technologies and Entrepreneurship. Woodward’s strong career-technical focus is the outgrowth of more than five years of community and district discussion about how best to launch students for success in the workforce while also preparing them for college, at graduation or later in life. CPS’ newest building also continues the district’s push to create schools that are Community Learning Centers, where community input helps design facilities that support students and neighborhoods. The new Woodward, which dominates a busy Reading Road intersection in Bond Hill, is creating more options for students after graduation, said Principal Larry Ballew. “We have meshed the concept of an academic track leading to college and a vocational track leading to a trade,” Ballew said. “We are preparing students for post-secondary education, yet our graduates will be prepared to enter a trade, too. And we give them sports, extracurricular activities, homecoming — the whole highschool experience.”
