The floor of section K, which will be classrooms for the ninth grade center, is in the foreground. The photo is looking west to the steel frame structure of section E and section B, which the construction crews are linking together. The gymnasium is off to the right of the photo. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The high school is between 20 to 25 percent complete and is 4 to 5 weeks ahead of schedule. It is also under budget at this time.
Construction crews have finished the two-lane entrance and exit to the new high school from Mary Street. The plan is to have one-way traffic moving counter clockwise around the entire facility with access points to parking lots and drop-offs for busses, students, and staff.
Contractors will be widening East Mary Street east of Campus Drive to add a fifth lane at the Mary Street and the Buffalo Way Boulevard intersection. The fifth lane is a turning lane that will allow drivers to turn onto Buffalo Way Boulevard, a city street leading up to the new high school. All the widening will take place on the north side of the street, which will take about a month and a half to complete.
Construction crews are working to complete the curb and guttering for the new two-lane entrance and exit from Mary Street. The plan is to have one-way traffic moving counter clockwise around the entire facility with access points to parking lots and drop-offs for busses, students, and staff.
The floor of section K, which will be classrooms for the ninth grade center, is in the foreground. The photo is looking west to the steel frame structure of section E and section B with the gymnasium off to the right of the photo. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The photo shows section A of the new high school, which will be the agri-business area along with the CAD lab, welding lab, and engine and auto body shop. The photo is of the welding lab area. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
Here is a view of the interior of the new gymnasium at the new high school. The photo was taken from the west side of the gymnasium looking to the east side of the gymnasium. Construction crews are still working on placing steel trusses in place for the gymnasium.
The new high school is progressing. The steel framework of section B is complete and the crew are starting on the steel from in section E. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The construction crews have started work on section G, which is the auditorium at the new high school. The crews have started building the walls for the auditorium. The new gymnasium is in the background. The steel framework of section B can also be seen in the background. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The crews are working on building the steel trusses for the gymnasium on the ground. The crews will then lift the trusses and place them in the gymnasium.
The construction crews have started erecting the steel frame in section B of the new high school. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The high school is continuing ahead of schedule with crews working with precast concrete sections to build the facility.
Construction crews have started work on the circle drive around the high school. The crews have poured the curb and guttering for the new drive. The plan is to have one-way traffic moving counter clockwise around the entire facility with access points to parking lots and drop-offs for busses, students, and staff.
Work on the new high school, located east of Campus Drive and north of Mary Street, is progressing.
Groundwork taking place on the new two-lane entrance and exit from Mary Street to the new high school. The plan is to have one-way traffic moving counter clockwise around the entire facility with access points to parking lots and drop-offs for busses, students, and staff.
Work continues on the parking lot at Garfield Elementary School. The school will be converted into an Early Childhood Center. The construct is expected to be completed July 2010.
The new high school, located east of Campus Drive and north of Mary Street, is three weeks to a month ahead of schedule and under budget. There are approximately 130 people are at the site during the day working on plumbing, concrete work, and other tasks. During the height of the construction there will be between 280 to 320 people at the site.
A large crane has been brought in to erect precast concrete walls to the new GCHS Gymnasium. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The photo shows the top view of the Lower Level, Area A, of the project, which will be the agri-business area along with the CAD lab, welding lab, and engine and auto body shop. Construction crews continue work on the block wall in the background of the photo. There are 150 to 200 construction workers working in all trades at the site.
Top view of the Lower Level, Area A, of the project, which will be the agri-business area along with the CAD lab, welding lab, and engine and auto body shop. Construction crews are starting to build the block wall in the background of the photo. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
Construction crews are starting to build the block wall to Lower Level, Area A, of the project, which will be the agri-business area along with the CAD lab, welding lab, and engine and auto body shop. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The construction crews are working on the Lower Level, Area A, of the project, which will be the agri-business area along with the CAD lab, welding lab, and engine and auto body shop. It is 22,000 square feet with 390 yards slab pour. The new high school is divided into different sections for the construction, labeled A through K.
The Board of Education took a tour of the new addition to Gafield Elementary School that will be converted into an Early Childhood Center. The new 18,500 square foot space is expected to be completed in July 2010.
The student parking lot is starting to take shape at the new high school. Construction crews are pouring sections of concrete for the parking lot.
Construction continues on the new high school. The photo show the progress on the retaining wall. The new 384,000 square foot high school facility is being constructed north of Mary Street and east of Campus Drive. The project is expected to be completed in August 2012.
Work continues at the new 384,000 square foot high school facility that is being constructed north of Mary Street and east of Campus Drive. The aerial photo shows the footprint of the new high school. The project is expected to be completed in August 2012.
Construction crews are starting to build the foundation for the new high school. There are approximately 65 construction workers working in all trades on the site.
Horace Good, right, recieved a plaque from Mike Utz, USD 457 Board of Education president, as Rick Atha, superintendent, looks on during the March 8, 2010 board meeting. Good's name was chosen for the facility at 1412 N. Main Street, which will become Horace J. Good Middle School after the district bond projects are complete.
Construction crews take down one of two homes that the Board of Education approved purchase of in November 2009 to make room for the addition at Garfield Elementary School. The school will be converted into a centralized Early Childhood Center. The project is expected to be completed in July 2010.
All of the trades continued to make progress inside the building. The sheet rockers have completed the exterior walls to full height and have started sheet rocking the walls that come off of the exterior walls.
The board of education voted unanimously to name the current high school building, 1412 N. Main Street, which will be converted into a middle school facility, Horace Good Middle School. Good, was a former USD 457 superintendent. Good was the superintendent of Garden City Public Schools from 1969 to 1984. The name will take effect when the new high school opens up and the middle school students move to the current high school facility, which is anticipated to open in 2012.
The Board of Education voted unanimously to proceed with a new one-way circular design around the new high school with a two-lane entrance and exit from Mary Street. The plan is to have one-way traffic moving counter clockwise around the entire facility with access points to parking lots and drop-offs for busses, students, and staff.
The design eliminates access to the north side of the campus from Campus Drive and Pioneer Road. The new design also removes access from the roundabout at Cherokee and Labrador.
Ground work continues at the new 384,000 square foot high school facility that is being constructed north of Mary Street and east of Campus Drive. The photo shows the area where the gymnasium will sit on the campus. The project is expected to be completed in August 2012.
Ground work continues at the new 384,000 square foot high school facility that is being constructed north of Mary Street and east of Campus Drive. The project is expected to be completed by August 2012.
Construction is progressing on the new 18,500 square foot space that is being added onto Garfield Elementary School. The school will be converted into a centralized Early Childhood Center. The project is expected to be completed in July 2010.
Construction is progressing on the new 18,500 square foot space that is being added onto Garfield Elementary School. The school will be converted into a centralized Early Childhood Center. The project is expected to be completed in July 2010.
Construction is progressing on the new 18,500 square foot space that is being added onto Garfield Elementary School. The school will be converted into a centralized Early Childhood Center. The project is expected to be completed in July 2010.
Construction is progressing on the new 18,500 square foot space that is being added onto Garfield Elementary School. The school will be converted into a centralized Early Childhood Center. The project is expected to be completed in July 2010.
The Garden City USD 457 facilities naming committee will recommend to the Board of Education three names for the current high school at 1412 N. Main St., which will be turned into a middle school, and three names for the current Abe Hubert Middle School, 1205 A St., which will be turned into an elementary school.
Members of the committee voted Monday night on paper ballots what to name the facility at 1412 N. Main St. Clifford R. Hope Sr., Abe Hubert, and Horace Good, received the most votes. The committee will present the three names to the Board of Education on December 7, 2009.
If the name Abe Hubert is chosen, the facility at 1412 N. Main St. becomes Abe Hubert Middle School. The committee also made a decision to submit three names for the current Abe Hubert Middle School building, 1205 A St., which will become an elementary school. Those names are Jesse Bernal Sr., Clifford R. Hope Sr., and Bernard Killer.If the board does not decide to name the facility at 1412 N. Main St. Abe Hubert Middle School, the name Abe Hubert will remain with the facility at 1205 A. Street and it will become Abe Hubert Elementary School, the committee decided.
The committee is allowed by board policy to recommend no less than three and no more than five names to the Board of Education.
Under the bond project that passed in November 2008, a new, $92.5 million high school will be built, Garfield Elementary School will become a centralized early childhood center, Abe Hubert will become an elementary school, the current GCHS building will be converted into a middle school, and New Outlook Academy will move into J.D. Adams Hall, which sits adjacent to the current high school.
The committee selected the three names from the remainder of the original seven names that were chosen for consideration for the building at 1412 N. Main St., along with the nominations that were included in the public packet from the previous meeting. The names for consideration included: Bernal, a foreign language teacher at GCHS; Norman Clark, social studies teacher at Abe Hubert Middle School; W.D. Fulton, a founding father of Garden City; Good, former superintendent; Hope, a GCHS graduate who won a landslide election into the U.S. House of Representatives in 1926; Russell Isaac, a former school psychologist; J.R. Jones, former superintendent; Killer, a former teacher and principal; Lori Peister, former teacher and administrator at Kenneth Henderson; Robert Sander, retired teacher and coach; Meredith Sonderegger, former educator; and Lincoln and Washington, after presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The committee also made a decision to recommend to the board that the facility at 121 W. Walnut Street be named the Garfield Early Learning Center.
Steel is being erected on the new 18,500 square foot space that is being added onto Garfield Elementary School. The school will be converted into a centralized Early Childhood Center. The project is expected to be completed in July 2010.
The Garden City Public Schools Facilities Naming Committee met Monday, October 19, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the input that they received from the community. The committee has been formed to recommend naming or renaming of new and current facilities that are affected by the Long Range Facility Plan passed in 2008. The facilities affected include Garfield Elementary School, Abe Hubert Middle School, Garden City High School, the new high school, and J.D. Adams Hall.
The next meeting of the Facilities Naming Committee will be Monday, October 19, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. in the Educational Support Center Board Meeting Room, 1205 Fleming Street.
The Board of Education appointed a Facilities Naming Committee of 21 people, including board members
The committee will decide what to name or rename
Community members on the committee include Tom Walker, Dee Wigner, Tom Koskal, McKenzie Hanigan, Alex Booker, Dana Woodbury, Jerome Greene, Pat Fishback, Florence Wilson, Bernadine Sitts, Dr. L.E. Fairbairn, Molly Weiland, Dennis Mesa, and Grant Elpers. District staff on the committee include Joanne Nelson, secretary; Juanita Jameson, media teacher at
Those breaking ground for a new 384,000 square foot facility are (l to r): Jean Clifford, BOE member; Tom Blackburn, former BOE member; Gail Dunford, BOE member; Bruce Reichmuth, BOE member; Jeff Crist, BOE member; Dr. Richard Atha, Superintendent of Schools; James Mireles, GCHS Principal; Mike Utz, BOE President; Gloria Hopkins, BOE member; John Scheopner, BOE Vice President; and Tom Stone, Adolfson & Peterson Construction.
Garden City Public Schools held a groundbreaking ceremony in front of a large crowd of community patrons, school staff and students on a cold and wet Wednesday morning. The ceremony was for a new high school facility.
Garden City Public Schools will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new high school on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the southwest corner north of Mary Street at the corner of Labrador Blvd. and Cherokee Street.
The Board of Education approved of a Naming Committee to be in place by the September 28th Board of Education meeting. The Board of Education will submit names to Dr. Atha to consider as possible committee members. The committee will be charged to name / rename Garfield Elementary School, Abe Hubert Middle School, Garden City High School, J.D. Adams Hall, an dthe new high school facility.
Stewart Nelson, Architect with Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael and Nelson, spoke briefly to update the Board of Education on the new high school project. Ken Graham, with DLR Group, presented the updated Design Development proposal with the addition of a tennis pavilion. Mr. Graham also stated that the traffic study has been completed.
Tony Cingoranelli, Pre-construction manager with Adolfson and Peterson Construction, reported that changes have been made to get back on track and under budget. Mr. Cingoranelli presented the changes that have been made to the Board of Education. The changes include more than $700,000 in cost reductions.
Adolfson and Peterson Construction, and Jerry Bell, Director of Bond Construction, have selected the first of three sub-contractors for the first bid package. They are Wallace Electric, Lee Construction, both local businesses, and Sporer Land Development from Oakley. They were all required to meet pre-qualifications.
Architects will ask the board for a final approval of the design at the September 14, 2009 Board of Education meeting.
The new high school is scheduled to open in August 2012.
The information and technology small learning community will be crimson. The ninth-grade area will be green, education and finance blue, and agriculture and health yellow.
The Board of Education is one step closer to finalizing a design for the new high school. The board met with architects from DLR Group, and Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael and Nelson, to go over details of the design.
The study will analyze the affect on existing roads and intersections of traffic generated by the new Garden City High School Complex, and identify warranted improvements to those affected roads and intersections. The consultant will furnish engineering services as required for the completion of work for the project as follows: Analyze traffic count and trip generation data based on High School site entrances to Campus Drive and Cherokee Street.
Analyze the impact of proposed school traffic on the existing street traffic.
• Analysis along Campus Drive from north of Mary Street to just north of the proposed new high school site entrance near Pioneer Road. Includes the proposed school entrance off of Campus in the vicinity of Pioneer and analysis of Labrador and Campus intersection.
• Analysis along Mary Street from east of Campus Drive intersection to west of the U.S. Highway 50/83, including Cherokee and Mary Street intersection.
• Analyze Cherokee and Labrador intersection, to determine if a roundabout, “T” intersection, or other configuration is warranted.
• Analyze Mary Street and Campus Drive intersection.
Geometric analysis – Determine if additional lanes or turn lanes are warranted along Campus, Mary or any of the studied intersections.
Signal warrant analysis
• Cherokee & Mary intersection
• Pioneer & Campus
The Garden City USD 457 Board of Education viewed the design plans for the new high school during the Monday night board meeting. The updated design of the building helps effectively incorporate the four smaller learning communities, which include different academies in each learning community. The board did not take any action on the design during the meeting. The district wanted to know from the board if the design was heading in the right direction. The architects will update the board on their progress before the board approves a final design in July.
The construction companies selected are: Adolfson and Peterson Construction, Aurora, Colorado; J.E. Dunn Construction, Kansas City, Missouri; Kraus Anderson Construction, Lenexa, Kansas; Nabholz Construction, Lenexa, Kansas; and Crossland Construction, Columbus, Kansas.
Other companies that sent qualifications for consideration were: Layton Construction, Sandy, Utah; Key Construction, Wichita, Kansas; Hutton Construction and GE Johnson, Wichita, Kansas; The Law Co., Wichita, Kansas; and Haselden Construction, Centennial, Colorado.
The Board of Education will send requests for proposals to the five companies. The proposals are due to the selection committee by March 10, 2009, and the committee will interview the five firms on March 11, 2009.
On March 12, 2009, the committee will select the firm most qualified to serve as the construction manager at-risk firm and begin negotiations to develop a contract with the firm.
The selection committee consisted of board members John Scheopner and Bruce Reichmuth; Rick Atha (Superintendent); Jerry Bell (Director of Bond Construction and Management); Kathleen Whitley (Financial Officer); Stewart Nelson (architect); Jim French (architect); and Dennis Smith (certified construction manager/consultant).
The board will have a special meeting March 23 to review the construction manager at-risk information, including a summary of the interviews and the requests for proposals from each firm.
The purpose of this committee will be to narrow the field of firms interested in serving USD 457 as a Construction Manager At-Risk to the best qualified candidate.
The Board of Education previously approved an option to purchase approximately 92.22 acres at a total cost of $590,000 ($6,398 per acre) at the same location.
There were a number of factors that the Board considered in the approval of this new option. There were four main points in the purpose for extending the location of the new high school further to the south and adding to the number of total acres purchased for the location of the new high school.
1. FEMA has recently declared the north part of the proposed property purchase in a flood plain. By purchasing the property approximately a quarter mile further south, the new high school will be raised 25-30 feet and will no longer be in a flood plain.
2. By extending the property further south, to 450 feet north of Mary Street, the District can now have an entrance / exit to Mary Street as well as an entrance / exit to Campus Drive.
3. By extending the property further south, the cost for sewer access, utility access, excavation, and street construction will be reduced significantly.
4. By continuing to own the northern portion of the property, the District will be able to obtain water rights to irrigate the property and have access to a lift station for future development.