This presentation was made by the Seattle Public School District and their design team on June 27th to the greater Wedgwood community. The original file can be found here: http://bex.seattleschools.org/assets/bexiv/130627-Community-Meeting.pdf
2. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Meeting Format
:: Introductions
:: Principal’s Welcome
:: Presentation
Format and Meeting Goals
Project Basics
Community Engagement
Process, Goals and Site Studies
:: Comments/Q&A from written cards
:: Comments/Q&A at microphone
:: Post-Meeting: Site Studies Stations Open House
Feedback on SDAT study options
3. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Meeting Objectives
:: Present:
Basic project information
Site study options
:: Why we’re here…
Solicit feedback on options
Playfields and play areas
Building location, layout, height
Parking, drop off, bus loading
Neighborhood – sidewalks, crosswalks, etc.
Preferred site study option
4. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Project Background
Approved in Building Excellence (BEX) IV Levy by voters Feb 2013
Seattle Public Schools are continuing to grow
Added 1,300 students this year
Next 10 years: At least 7,000 additional students projected
Seattle’s north and southwest regions growing the fastest
The impact of 7,000 students equates to:
14 Elementary Schools (@500 students each)
or…
10 Middle Schools (@700 students each)
or …
5 High Schools (@1,400 students each)
6. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Project Basics
:: New building for Thornton Creek
(3-up/490-students to 4-up/660 students)
:: New play fields, playground, and site work
:: Offsite improvements (curb/gutter/sidewalk)
:: Existing Decatur building to remain
(future use is not known)
8. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Design and Permitting Schedule
9. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Total Project Budget: $42.8 million
:: Construction
New construction
Site improvements
Offsite improvements
Change orders and tax
:: Project “soft costs”
New furniture and equipment
Classroom technology
Design and professional services
Permit and utility fees
Related BEX IV Projects:
:: Fields upgrades at View Ridge ES
:: Field upgrades at Eckstein MS
10. Maintain play fields /
open space
Keep TCES a small school
Please demolish the existing
Decatur building
What program is going into
Decatur? When?
How can two schools
share a site?
Where will the new
building go?
Safe routes to school
Maintain the
neighborhood scale
Vehicle traffic and parking
impacts
Questions and Concerns
What we’ve heard
What about Rose’s
Playground?
How will construction
impact school?
11. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Engage Stakeholders:
School: Staff, Parents, Students, Site Council
School Users: Before/After Childcare (RECC), Parks
Fields Users: NESLL, SYL, CYO, residents
Community: Neighbors, site users, WOSNC, community, Community Councils,
NE Seattle, city at large, state elected officials
Thornton Creek Alliance, Sustainable NE, Safe Routes to Schools,
Cascade Bicycle, etc.
Agencies: Parks, SDOT, SPU, DPD, SCL, PSE, Mayor’s Office, City Council,
Health, OSPI, DON
District: Teaching and Learning, Capital, Operations, Maintenance, Legal,
Self-Help, DOTS, Transportation, School Board, Oversight, etc.
12. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
School Design Advisory Team:
John Miner Principal
Rae Keyes School Administrator
Liz McCormack Teacher
Debbie Kosman Teacher
Katie Zissermann Teacher
Ginny Allemann Teacher
Nova Herzog Food Services / ASB
Jenny Evans School Administrator
Kellie Larue Parent
Louisa Rose Community Member
Dave Jobs Community Member
Cathy Liermann Parent
Martin Liermann Parent
Brendan Gamb Community Member
Edward Schwartz Community Member
Kevin Graham Parent / Community Member
13. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Meetings to Date:
(since April 9)
SDAT Meetings 6
Principal Meetings 4
Staff Meetings 3
SPS Dept Meetings 3
Community / Parent Meetings 2
City Agency Meetings 3
21
14. New Thornton Creek Building
Community Meeting
Meetings Remaining (estimated):
(until Dec 2016)
SDAT Meetings: 6 +
Principal Meetings: 182 +
Staff Meetings: 20 +
SPS Dept Meetings: 20 +
Community Meetings: 8 +
City Agencies: 40 +
276 +
16. SDAT Process
:: Visioning
:: Goals | Facts | Needs
:: School Tours
:: Eco-Charrette
:: User Group Meetings and program needs analysis
17. SDAT Ed Spec Goals
:: Design a building that responds to the educational program
:: Focus on community
:: Create a beautiful, cohesive campus
:: Easy access to outdoor learning
:: Create a community not just a series of classes
:: Design to influence and enhance the existing Decatur building
18. SDAT Site Goals
:: Create a beautiful, cohesive campus
:: Maximize open space
:: Replace as much field as possible, provide easy community access to the fields
:: Development should be appropriately scaled to the neighborhood
:: Existing streets are highly congested, minimize impact to traffic for surrounding
community
:: Provide ease of access from school to outdoor space to support Expeditionary
Learning curriculum
:: Enhance site with park like features if possible
19. Thornton Creek All-Staff Site Goals
:: Play areas should be located to avoid distraction to classrooms
:: Play and field must be adjacent
:: Provide two separate play areas for two communities
(New Thornton Creek Building and Decatur building)
:: Rose’s playground should be connected to the Thornton Creek playground
:: Field could be shared, but staff would like a means to divide for two communities
:: Play should be at the heart of the campus (as opposed to fields)
:: Vehicles should not be allowed to pass through the site since parents tend to hang-
out after drop-off and before pick-up.
