There has been consternation regarding this issue, allow us to suggest some logistical problems with building a new high school on the current site.
First and foremost, the current site consists of only 9.9 acres (versus 35 acres associated with the Bolich/Newberry site). Constructing a new structure of 200-300K square feet on this property while the current one exists would be tricky if not impossible unless it was built vertically with a limited footprint.
If that was the choice, we would have to accommodate parking and would indeed displace our football (five teams across 7 thru varsity) and tennis programs.
It would be difficult to accommodate football at Leybourne Field in addition to the seven (7)
junior high and high school soccer teams who use that facility.
Additionally the seating capacity is prohibitive.
There is also no real solution for the parking dilemma.
It has also been suggested that we should move the students from the current building to other facilities; the reality is, there are no other facilities to accommodate 1600 students and provide the programming in which the students are engaged (auto tech, wood shop, advanced manufacturing, cosmetology, chemistry, radio, music, drama, etc.).
With regard to the "white elephants," allow us to suggest that the demand for our auditorium is such that we would be able to attract more community use in addition to school use, especially if we incorporated a smaller (800 seats) fixed seating performance center into the campus construction.
Additionally, gym space is at a premium in our community; there is much more demand than we currently have capacity.
There is no intent to bus kids during the school day to use these facilities as instructional spaces during the school day.
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