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December 17, 2021

On Tuesday, I attended the Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School Beginning Band Concert. It was wonderful to hear directly from the students about their progression of learning. The students and Band Director, Ms. Torres, did a fabulous job! Later on Tuesday, I attended the Davis Drive Middle School Dance Show. Congratulations to the dancers and Director of Dance, Ms. Winans, on a fabulous performance. On Wednesday, I attended the West Cary Middle School Beginning and Concert Band Performance. The band students and Band Director (and drummer), Mr. Anderson, were terrific! It was also great to visit the Art Gallery. A shoutout to the art students and art teacher, Mr. Miller, for a job well done. On Friday, I visited Farmington Woods Elementary School for the Gift of Reading Annual Event. I had the honor of reading a story to a first grade class and three second grade classes. On Saturday, I will be closing out my week by joining the Cary High School NJROTC at Hillcrest Cemetery for the Wreaths Across America Event.

This week as a Board, we had one meeting: Facilities Committee.

At the December 15th Facilities Committee Meeting:

  • Betty Parker, Senior Director, Real Estate Services; presented information related to the naming of E-53, a new elementary school in Apex. There were three names proposed. Pleasant Plains Elementary School will be presented at a future Board Meeting for approval. To review the presentation, click here.

  • Betty Parker, presented information about the naming of E-49, a new elementary school in Fuquay-Varina. Three names were presented. Bowling Road Elementary School will be presented for Board approval at a future Board Meeting. Use this link to access the presentation.

  • Elizabeth Wakeford, Senior Facility Planner, Facilities, Design, and Construction; Alice Reese, Senior Site Planner, Facilities, Design, and Construction; Elizabeth Sharpe, Director of Planning, Facilities, Design, and Construction; Mark Strickland, Chief, Facilities, Design, and Construction; presented the Schematic Design for Baucom Elementary School Rebuild. Click here to view the presentation.

  • Mark Strickland, Elizabeth Sharpe, and Sandy Wayne, Supervisor of Information Systems, Facilities, Design, and Construction; presented detailed information about PRIMP (Partial Renovation and Improvement) and SNAP (Space Needs Analysis Prioritization) and the new submittal process for projects. To read the presentation, use this link.

  • Douglas Congdon, Program Executive, Facilities, Design, and Construction; presented information about the 2022 CIP (Capital Improvement Program). Click here to access the presentation.

  • Dr. Martin, Committee Chair, shared information about new business to be considered for future Facilities Committee Meetings such as sustainability. I did request there be discussion of sharing resources available districtwide for school projects because there are groups, businesses, and more willing to donate to school projects and this would address some inequities around the District.

  • Douglas Congdon shared the three month forecast for Facilities. Use this link to view that forecast.

To watch the December 15th Facilities Committee Meeting, click here.

Next week as a Board, we have no meetings.

Please remember my next D9 Connection Meeting is January 2nd at 4 pm. If you live in D9, have a student in a D9 school, or work in a D9 school, please join us using this Google Meet Link.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at kcarter3@wcpss.net.


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