Musings on moving

The past week I've been meeting with each grade level to tell them about the new adventures ahead as we set off on the journey to a brand new MWE building. We have decided together to call the Transition Campus - Meadow Wood #1. We will call the new building we come back to - Meadow Wood #2. Both places will be Meadow Wood Elementary!

I keep reminding the students that we are talking about a new building - not a new MWE. As we move to MWE #1 in the 2010-2011 school year we will all be together there doing all the same things we do now. The students are worried that being at MWE #1 will change things such as recess, lunch, special events and programs. I'm assuring them that we will continue all the great things we do now. They are worried about how they will get there. We talked about the current bus routes which will bring them there and about the new bus routes we will add for the families who live on Bateswood. Currently there is no bus to pick up students who live on Bateswood as the bus can't turn around in the circle. These children will be picked up on Memorial Green by the gate through the fence where they walk through now.

They are all so excited about MWE #2. I've shown them the preliminary draft drawings. We can't wait to get the final renderings so we can see what the new MWE will look like.

The Design Team will be meeting in mid-February to review choices for interior materials and colors. It is really going to be a beautiful campus.

Our First Hard Hat Experience

Dr. Ramirez and I just had our first experience with hard hats. We toured Hollibrook Elementary to see the wall finishes, cabinetry, colors and other architectural features. We trooped along behind the architects in our hard hats with our camera. It was fun!

Below is a set of cabinets at Hollibrook. Ours won't be just like these but close enough.

The First Posting

News from Meadow Wood regarding the move to the South Transition Campus at Westchester Academy of International Studies, the planning and design of the new MWE and the move back to the new MWE! Postings here will keep you up to date on the latest developments.
Currently we have completed the schematic design phase for the new building and the transition campus. The plan is for us to move out of MWE June 7-11 and move into the Transition campus to begin school in August 2010. Demolition of the current MWE and new construction at the site should begin in the summer of 2010. The most optimistic plan puts us at the Transition campus from August 2010 - June 2011 and then moving back into the new MWE in August 2011. Keep your fingers crossed.

Watch as the look of this blog changes and latest developments are posted, hopefully, weekly.