Upcoming Taylor Renovation — Are we getting REAL classrooms??

[Anonymous]

So if Taylor is the school swung to Nottingham, they are surely working on HVAC and electrical.

But will they eliminate those horrible giant 70s open classrooms??? Maybe upgrade the 80s playgrounds?

What is the expectation here and can we advocate for making the best use of this disruption beyond just the smokin bits?

[Anonymous]

I believe the redistricting plan involves sending about 80 or 90 discovery kids to Taylor. So I don’t think it’s Taylor that’s being renovated. But who knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe the redistricting plan involves sending about 80 or 90 discovery kids to Taylor. So I don’t think it’s Taylor that’s being renovated. But who knows.

It’s 2 separate issues. Repairs snd boundaries. The x number of former Discivery kids would still be rezoned to “Taylor” AND while the Taylor building is being fixed, they will attend at the swing space with the rest of Taylor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if Taylor is the school swung to Nottingham, they are surely working on HVAC and electrical.

But will they eliminate those horrible giant 70s open classrooms??? Maybe upgrade the 80s playgrounds?

What is the expectation here and can we advocate for making the best use of this disruption beyond just the smokin bits?

You should be able to find the playground renovation schedule. That is all written down somewhere, i can try to remember to look later. But we are at another school and know that our playground renovation is scheduled for like 26-27. You can probably reach out to your PTA president (that is who told me our schedule) and ask them to get you the renovations schedule. They should have access to that. If you don't have a security vestibule all that is on a schedule already too.

[Anonymous]

OP there are likely bigger issues that have not yet been announced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP there are likely bigger issues that have not yet been announced.

Yeah like MPSA getting torn down and rebuilt after career center is done

[Anonymous]

Is that why they need Nottingham? That’s makes some sense.

[Anonymous]

Taylor is a victim of APS’s long history of chasing education fads. Open classrooms were a thing when Taylor was built and which were largely abandoned after proving to be a failure. Now we’re stuck w fake classrooms that are so tiny without real walls and no sound barriers. APS never learns it’s lesson. Now Taylor kids will be victims to standards based grading and overuse of iPads. Soon enough we’ll reverse that when we see the damage done. APS needs to get back to basics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP there are likely bigger issues that have not yet been announced.

Yeah like MPSA getting torn down and rebuilt after career center is done

What’s wrong with MPSA (sorry I’m not in the loop on that).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taylor is a victim of APS’s long history of chasing education fads. Open classrooms were a thing when Taylor was built and which were largely abandoned after proving to be a failure. Now we’re stuck w fake classrooms that are so tiny without real walls and no sound barriers. APS never learns it’s lesson. Now Taylor kids will be victims to standards based grading and overuse of iPads. Soon enough we’ll reverse that when we see the damage done. APS needs to get back to basics.

Agree with you except that it’s not going to be soon enough. It will take years and years and many kids will be hurt in the process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP there are likely bigger issues that have not yet been announced.

Yeah like MPSA getting torn down and rebuilt after career center is done

What’s wrong with MPSA (sorry I’m not in the loop on that).

It's in the old, crummy Henry building on the Career Center site that's being re-developed. Supposed to retrofit the existing Career Center building for Montessori; but that's almost as expensive as building a brand new school. So I wouldn't be surprised if they alter plans a bit and move MPSA to the swing space until they come up with something else for MPSA

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty sure the career center bond that pass last year takes up all of APS’s bond capacity. It could only be worse given current interest rates. APS isn’t going to be able build anything anytime soon. The swing space is putting the cart before the horse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure the career center bond that pass last year takes up all of APS’s bond capacity. It could only be worse given current interest rates. APS isn’t going to be able build anything anytime soon. The swing space is putting the cart before the horse.

If there's a health issue at play, they can get emergency funding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure the career center bond that pass last year takes up all of APS’s bond capacity. It could only be worse given current interest rates. APS isn’t going to be able build anything anytime soon. The swing space is putting the cart before the horse.

If there's a health issue at play, they can get emergency funding.

Duran and the principal specifically said there is no health risk at Taylor. Taylor closed because of a faulty electrical part that took a couple days to order. The claims that it was an hvac issue were unfounded and spread by the local hvac zealot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure the career center bond that pass last year takes up all of APS’s bond capacity. It could only be worse given current interest rates. APS isn’t going to be able build anything anytime soon. The swing space is putting the cart before the horse.

No, it isn't. Swing space isn't for building a new school. It facilitates renovations of existing buildings, enabling APS to move through projects more quickly because they can work year-round rather than just during summer when students aren't in the school.