The Mercer Island School Board is considering several scenarios for a master plan for the "Mega Block/North Campus" during its June 26 retreat.
The land is an area of school district property that is bound by 88th Ave. SE, SE 40th St., SE 42nd St. and 92nd Ave. SE.
The plans are both a short- and long-term plan for the area that includes a number of schools and community-based facilities, including , , , , , and others.
The conceptual designs presented by Mahlum Architects take several different approaches and are pictured above.
Great picture of our School Board in action. They do deserve our thanks for their careful consideration of all the many issues involved. J-
However "The conceptual designs presented by Mahlum Architects" (good firm) are rather hard to read online. Need to be "clickable" so they enlarge on demand. (PatchTechs know how to do this). J-
They were pretty cagey about price tags because these are only concepts, but Supt. Plano did manage to get out of them that the most expensive options were 3-5, I think, at approximately $100 million. The plan that offered only a renovation of the high school, scenario #6 I think, would cost $10 million to renovate the high school, but then you have to factor in additional costs for the new "School #6". I think and #1 were the lowest cost ones.
Not fair- telling us to zoom when you know we can't "zoom using Patch". K- Pricing out this- or any project- is really not possible without lots more detail. J-
Thank you
We all hope these skillfully prepared architects' "Presentation Panels" will be presented in "clickable" form- so we can all study them better. I know this can be done because I've seen it elsewhere. AOL may be the one place to put this technical question to (to dangle a participle). Jerry- (remembering Lincoln High School English's Miss Michaelson).
http://www.misd.k12.wa.us/board/agenda/documents/062612%20MA_MISD%20mega%20block%20MP%20board%20presentation.pdf
A great presentation that's well worth detailed study. J-
I've done my "Due Diligence" as a MI'r. Very Impressed w/ Mahlum's Presentation- and all the good professional skill that went into reparing this. J-
They did poll on the Mary Wayte Pool, and a clear majority (62%) favors including the pool in a bond issue. The question on page 15 of the EMC Research Mercer Island School District May 2012 Telephone Survey Presentation of Results is as follows: Non-academic projects like renovating Mary Wayte pool and remodeling the high school stadium should be part of a future schools measure: Strongly Agree: 26%; Somewhat Agree: 36%; Somewhat Disagree: 16%; Strongly Disagree: 13% A clear majority (62%) agrees that the pool should be part of the bond issue.
A very good comment by Trevor Hart above. Well written and reasoned, it should help all of us to understand the process's validity. J-
Note also that these scenarios do not involve any sort of traffic analysis.
Having prepared many of these quick site studies throughout my career as an Architect, it is clear to me that Mahlum Architects were given a task by the District that was limited to studying Master Plan options for the mega-block, and not the larger problem of overcrowding throughout the District. Therefore, any option put forth regarding developement of the mega-block, high school site, must be viewed in the larger context of the overcrowding problem throughout the District, and have a sensible fit within the larger picture of the greater problem.
As I stated previously, I personally do not support this middle school option on this site..
I don't think the school board member who raised this point, Director Adair Dingle, was in favor of shifting the 5th grade to middle schools. That was my understanding of her objection. Quote: "Options 1 and 7 don't do anything about overcrowding issue."