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Artist renderings of the State High Project.
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Project updates: December 15, 2015
On Dec. 15, SCASD Director of Physical Plant Ed Poprik, State College Area School District Board of School Directors President Amber Concepcion and board member Gretchen Brandt spoke about the State High Project at the Centre Region Council of Governments meeting. The trio briefed COG representatives on the project’s costs and progress.
At this stage, the construction management team is securing the necessary permits and making other preparations to begin the first demolition work on the western wing of the South Building early next year. A winter start date has not been established yet, and work is not anticipated over the holiday break. Poprik compared the project now to a train getting underway, noting it needs a bit of time to gain speed and move forward.
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Project updates: November 30, 2015
On Monday, Nov. 30, the State College Area School District Board of School Directors awarded construction base bids and bid alternates for the State High Project.
- The seven low base bids — general contractor, sitework, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection and food service equipment — totalled $117,023,100.
- The Board voted to award $3,479,000 of bid alternate options, rejecting $15,066,800 worth of others.
- Accepted bid alternates included air conditioning and locker room renovations in the existing North Building gym, a North Building solar array, a district satellite kitchen, a roof greenhouse and stage panel lights.
- The Board voted to reject the vegetated roof and Innovation Center bid alternate options. But in each case, it approved a motion to direct the district administration to research “best-value options” for a substitute project in the future.
- With base bids, alternate bids and soft costs, the project’s total cost to the district will be $137,249,182. This reflects the district receiving two LEED grants of about $4 million for the project.
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State High Project Webcam
You can view work in progress on the State High Project via webcam, using this link: http://205.173.170.77.
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Follow State High Project developments
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Debates develop valuable skills at MNMS
Brenda Stoutโs Academic Literacy classes debated a variety of questions, settling nothing โ but that was the point. Putting their argumentative skills to the test, they explored such topics as school uniform policies, whether to financially compensate college athletes, animal experimentation and police brutality.
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$1.7 Million grant for Corl St. Elementary project
The State College Area School District received an Alternative and Clean Energy (ACE) grant from the state that will fund measures to make a renovated Corl Street Elementary School more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable.
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SCASD hires director of diversity and inclusivity
The SCASD Board of Directors approved hiring Dr. Seria Chatters as the districtโs director of diversity and inclusivity, a new position. Chatters will be responsible for overseeing the districtโs ongoing efforts to meet the goals of its School Climate/Inclusive Excellence Policy. Sheโll begin in August.
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Technology Students Association state awards
When it comes to high tech competition, SCASD students typically turn in high-caliber performances. They demonstrated their prowess again at this yearโs TSA state conference, with several winners.
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DECA International Career Development Conference
Congratulations to State High DECA chapter students Tejas Wein, Sankar Ramesh, Iris Li, Liz Orlova, Kelton Fedor, Matt Allgeier and Shane Ankney-Wrye for strong performances at the 2018 DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta.
