Before deciding what steps to take at a later date
The first step in that process is a 146-page document compiled by Caldwell Flores Winters, a company that specializes in school facilities planning and finance, and the architectural firm that examined the current condition of schools throughout the district and prioritized projects.
According to a news statement from the district, Brann will consider all input before deciding what steps to take at a later date.
“The district anticipates lots of stakeholder planning meetings when the high school project is in the queue, and will seek feedback from the community about the design features,” district spokeswoman Kristin Agostoni said.
“Most of the initial planning meetings will be for the K-8 STEAM Academy because that will be built first according to the facilities proposal,” Agostoni said.
According to the news statement, the first phase suggests “re-envisioning and rebuilding Inglewood High School, replacing Oak Street Elementary with a new K-8 school, and upgrading Bennett-Kew Elementary School, which would also serve grades K-8 in the southern part of Inglewood.”
District officials said the portable classrooms at Bennett-Kew will be replaced with a new 30-classroom building.
Phase one, which district officials say could take at least five years, calls for the current district office site on Inglewood Avenue to be transformed into a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) school, with a dual-immersion language program for kindergarten through eighth grade students.
District employees will be relocated to the mostly vacant Inglewood Community Adult School (which already houses some district staff) at 106 E. Manchester Blvd. Adult school programs would move to the former location of the City Honors College Preparatory Academy at 115 W. Kelso St.