Monday, October 25, 1999
Mason planners invite comments
Meeting to cover new school
BY SUE KIESEWETTER
Enquirer Contributor
Mason Fire Chief William Goldfeder, left, and Assistant City Manager Eric Hansen check out one of the building proposal.
(Michael Snyder photo)
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MASON — Russ Carter wants to see the commons at Mason High School filled to capacity Tuesday for the community dialogue sponsored by the board of education.
Anyone in the Mason community, whether with children in schools or not, is invited for a 7 p.m. meeting.
The subject will be last week's announcement of a new high school on Mason-Montgomery Road in a joint venture with the city.
Eventually, the 73-acre site, between Main Street and Mason High School, will also house a recreation center and city hall.
“This is going to be a very, very big project. It will impact our whole community for years to come,” said Mr. Carter, school board president. “For years, people wondered why two governing bodies couldn't work together for a common goal. We are now.”
To accommodate the session, the school board's Tuesday meeting has been moved to 7 p.m. today at Mason Central.
“I hope the recent announcement would have generated additional interest and questions that can be discussed at the community dialogue,” said Eric Kantor, a Mason parent who chaired the school facilities steering committee that recommended a new high school. “That's what they're here for.”
Since June, the school board and a committee of parents, teachers and administrators have been working with consultant Bill DeJong on ideas for the school design.
Some of those ideas will be presented during the community meeting. Then participants will form small discussion groups to brainstorm ideas for the school and the recreation center.
Parent Lisa Vogel said she will attend. She recalled that last week's announcement that the high school would be built on just 20 acres as part of a civic complex is different from last spring when discussion centered on 65 acres.
“I'm not sure how I feel about it until I get more information,” said Mrs. Vogel, who has two children at Western Row Elementary School. “I'd like to see how they plan on making it not only community-friendly, but high school-friendly.”
Tania Gauthier is going because she is concerned about growth and whether the new high school will be large enough for her daughter's class, now in kindergarten.
“By the time my daughter gets there, is it going to be outdated or full?” Mrs. Gauthier said. “The growth has been so phenomenal. I will be interested to see how long this one will last and how big it will be.”
Tuesday's meeting is meant to help the board work toward a final plan for placement on the March ballot.
By the Dec. 23 deadline for putting a money issue on the ballot, the board has to make final the costs of construction and operation and adopt necessary resolutions.
If approved in March, the high school could open for the 2002-03 school year.
Planning continues for the recreation center to be built adjacent to the high school.
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