Linwood Elementary to
host MAPS for Kids meeting
(July 21,
2009) - Linwood Elementary School will host the third of four MAPS for Kids
community meetings at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 27.
The meeting will take place in the school’s auditorium, 3416 NW 17th
Street.
During the
meeting, parents, teachers, students, neighbors, community members and
school administrators are invited to share their ideas for the school’s
upcoming renovation.
The school,
which was built in 1911, will receive over $2.9 million in facility
improvements from MAPS for Kids funds. The construction project includes the
conversion to a pre-kindergarten through sixth grade students. The school
will be designed to accommodate 440 students.
Four community
meetings will be held for Linwood Elementary before construction begins.
The four meetings cover:
Meeting 1 -
planning and programming
Meeting 2 - schematic design presentations
Meeting 3 - preliminary design presentations
Meeting 4 - final design review
Funding for
the nearly $700 million MAPS for Kids program comes from two voter-approved
sources: a seven-year penny sales tax which ended on Dec. 31, 2008 and an
Oklahoma City Public Schools bond issue.
Once completed, every student in the Oklahoma City Public Schools district
will attend a new or fully renovated school.
Those needing
a sign language interpreter, language interpreter or disability assistance
can call 297-2578 at least 48 hours before
the meeting.
The meeting is
being coordinated by Hornbeek-Blatt Architects and the Oklahoma City
Metropolitan Area Public Schools (OCMAPS) Trust Project Office. For more
information, contact the OCMAPS Trust Project Office at 297-3461 or visit
www.okc.gov.
