SAGINAW, MI — Saginaw Public Schools unveiled a five-year strategic plan over the weekend of Feb. 8-9 that would consolidate buildings and facilities, and seek voter approval of a bond issue to help transform the district.
Here are five takeaways from the plan, which still needs Board of Education approval:
1. The 3 current high schools will be partly or completely demolished
Aging infrastructure is making it more difficult and expensive to maintain or modernize existing buildings in the district. As such, the plan calls for the Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy and Arthur Hill High School buildings to be torn down, and the Saginaw High School building to be partially demolished. Saginaw High would be repurposed for an after-school program for high school students, keeping its gym, media center, offices, a wing of classrooms and most of its outdoor facilities.
2. A new main high school will be built at the SASA site
The SASA building is aging and slated for demolition, however, the school’s central-city location is ideal as the site for a new comprehensive high school, according to the proposal. The SASA building would be torn down, with the exception of its auditorium and gym, and a new building would replace it. Students from Saginaw High School and Arthur Hill High School would then attend classes there.
3. SASA, Handley students would move to Arthur Hill location
SASA and Handley Elementary School students would move into two facilities planned for the current Arthur Hill space, which would also be torn down save its gymnasium. This would create a “gifted and talented” campus for the district.
4. Education objectives
Superintendent Ramont Roberts, who presented the plan to the board, said the district’s programming isn’t comprehensive or competitive enough to allow students to compete in the global economy.
As such, the plan includes goals to improve students’ proficiency in math and language arts by 3 to 5 percent. The plan also calls for moving sixth graders back to the middle school and strengthening parental involvement in education.
5. Next steps include a bond proposal
If the plan is approved by the Saginaw Board of Education, the district wants to start a bond campaign to fund the changes. The district will have February through April to get the bond proposal on the November ballot, according to previous MLive reporting. If voters approve the bond, the new high school and “gifted” campus are planned to begin construction in January 2021 and finish in 2023.
The Board of Education will review a condensed version of the plan at a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 in the board room at 550 Millard St. The meeting is open to the public.
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