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Facilities Solutions through Community Partnership
 
A strong educational infrastructure is vital to our local economy and to the next generation in our community. Focusing on the future of our high school facilities, we invite all residents of the State College Area School District to participate in a series of community forums.

◊ Third Community Forum - two options:
Thursday, April 25, 7 to 8:30 p.m., High School South Auditorium
or
Saturday, April 17, 10 to 11:30 a.m., High School South Auditorium
◊ Second Community Forum was held Feb. 28, 2013 from 7 - 8:30 p.m., High School South Auditorium. 
           The purpose of the second Community Forum was to give an overview of preliminary concept options along with cost ranges and site considerations.  
            Tours were offered starting at 5:30 p.m. Student-led groups left every 10 minutes from the cafeteria until 6 p.m.  
 
 
◊ First forum was held Wednesday, January 23, 2013, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in State College High School South auditorium. Prior to the forum, District staff and students hosted optional tours of our high school buildings.
The purpose of the January 23 forum was to share:
a) an overview of why we are asking the community to consider a building project;
b) an update on the project’s calendar and process, including a referendum;
c) an update regarding site options being studied at this time; and
d) aspects of the educational planning process to date.
During each part of the agenda, attendees provided feedback to the District and Board of School Directors. The forum concluded with a question and answer session. 
 
* Board Work Sessions on the High School Project are also scheduled at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room on the following dates:
February 18, 2013
March 18, 2013
April 15, 2013
May 13, 2013
 All Forums and Work Sessions will be broadcast on CNET's channel 98 and streamed on their web site, CNET1.org.
The preliminary work now being conducted by our contracted architects (Crabtree Rohrbaugh & Associates), and by the educational planning firm (Brainspaces, Inc.) follows upon the 2009 District Wide Facilities Master Planning process, led by Dr. Bill DeJong. The 2009 process has already succeeded in the opening two new elementary schools in our district, Mt. Nittany Elementary and Ferguson Township Elementary. We do not intend to duplicate work that has already been done on the high school but to build upon that foundation and to update our plans in accordance with community guidance.
 
We are working toward a referendum on this project and will ask the community, at the voting booth, to give the District permission to proceed.