Leaders within the Hempfield Space College District are internet hosting an informational session subsequent week to debate attainable center faculty consolidation plans.
The session is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday within the Harrold Center College auditorium, 1368 Middletown Highway.
Officers will focus on consolidating sixth, seventh and eighth grade college students into Wendover and West Hempfield center colleges beginning within the 2023-24 faculty yr. In addition they plan to debate quickly shifting ninth grade college students from the highschool to Harrold Center College whereas the highschool undergoes a multimillion-dollar renovation mission.
The objective is to restrict the variety of college students in the highschool throughout the mission, which entails tearing down the constructing to its structural system and rebuilding all the things as new.
Discussions throughout the assembly will embody rationale for the attainable change, advantages and challenges, and a timeline if officers had been to maneuver ahead with the proposal.
The thought was first proposed final month. On the time, officers regarded to a district-wide feasibility examine accomplished this yr as rationale for the mission. The examine examined every of the district’s buildings, electrical, mechanical and architectural points. The examine additionally included projected enrollments for the following a number of faculty years.
Primarily based on these estimates, Wendover and West Hempfield are in a position to home all center faculty college students and employees whereas having house for attainable progress, officers mentioned.
Board motion on the proposal may happen as early as August.
Monday’s session will probably be preceded by a board workshop, scheduled for five:30 p.m. within the administration boardroom, 4347 Route 136.
In the course of the workshop, faculty administrators will obtain an replace from the mission architect on programming planning.
The highschool renovation is within the design part, which may take a few yr to finish. Development may start as early as June 2023. The objective is to have the mission completed for the 2025-26 faculty yr.
Megan Tomasic is a Tribune-Evaluate employees author. You possibly can contact Megan at 724-850-1203, mtomasic@triblive.com or by way of Twitter .
