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  • Building Tiger Nation focus groups will discuss aspects of facility renovations at Loveland schools

    Building Tiger Nation focus groups will discuss aspects of facility renovations at Loveland schools

    Four focus group sessions scheduled for March

    Loveland, Ohio – As a follow up to the Building Tiger Nation Community Meeting on January 23, the Loveland City School District has announced four opportunities for focus groups to discuss and provide input around potential renovations of school facilities.

    “The next step in our facilities master planning process is to explore and better understand what ‘renovations’ mean and what they should look like at Loveland,” said Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. “The focus groups will help us discern the priorities of our stakeholders and the vision they have as it relates to renovations and additional spaces for fine arts, STEM and athletics in current buildings.”

    Community input is one important factor for the Loveland Board of Education as it moves toward a decision on a facility master plan. The final decision will be based on the architect’s evaluation of the facilities, the student experience data collected over the past year, the ongoing work of the Building Tiger Nation Finance Committee, Fallon Research survey data, and community input. Feedback by community members on the master plan options presented in January has been published and is available to view here: https://buildingtigernation.org/lcsd-presents-facility-master-plan-options-to-the-community/.

    The four focus group sessions are scheduled as outlined below. According to a release from the District, “To ensure an adequate and effective discussion, the number of attendees will be limited.” If interested in attending, RSVP in advance to Julie Dunn, administrative assistant to the superintendent (dunnju@lovelandschools.org). Additional focus group sessions may be added if interest demands. The District also said that input and planning for any new buildings will come after a bond is passed.

    • Monday, March 11, 5:30-7:00 p.m. (Loveland High School Media Center)
      Topic: Loveland High School renovations and additions, including Fine Arts, STEM and Athletics
    • Thursday, March 14, 6:30-8:00 p.m. (Loveland Middle/Intermediate School Media Center)
      Topic: Loveland Middle School renovations and additions, including Fine Arts, STEM and Athletics
    • Monday, March 18, 6:00-7:30 p.m. (Loveland High School Media Center)
      Topic: Athletics
    • Wednesday, March 20, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (This meeting will be held during the 2018-19 State of the Schools at Loveland High School.)
      Topic: Follow-up discussions on high school renovations and additions based on previous meetings.

  • Building Tiger Nation facilities master planning moves on to phase two

    Building Tiger Nation facilities master planning moves on to phase two

    At Community Meeting #2 on November 28, students shared their needs as they relate to the Loveland Schools facilities.

    A ballot issue is expected in November 2019.

    Community Meeting #3 is on January 23

    A news release from the Loveland School District

    On November 28, the Loveland City School District held the second Building Tiger Nation Community Meeting, with over 100 members of the Tiger Family and greater Loveland community in attendance. In a presentation of the results of the educational facility evaluation conducted over the past six months, a panel of students and teachers shared their personal experiences regarding the implications of the current school facilities on teaching and learning at Loveland.

    “It was very powerful to hear directly from the ‘experts’ on their impressions and experiences, and see the correlation to the hard data collected during the evaluation process,” said Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. “Some of the needs we heard about are recurring themes throughout the district, while others are specific to certain building and campuses. Taking into account enrollment projections and the fact that we can’t provide all the programming we wish to due to space limitations today, our buildings compromise our students’ educational needs.”

    Community members toured the “gallery” and learned about specific needs in the various school buildings.

    The educational facility evaluation, which has been part of the assessment phase in the master planning process, focused on five main areas and how the school facilities currently perform in each: whether there is adequate academic square footage; building navigation (taking into account hallways, circulation spaces within the buildings, as well as parking and traffic patterns); the potential for expansion of buildings at the various campuses; how the buildings serve students and staff in terms of health and wellness; and whether the buildings and learning spaces are inspirational and relevant for today’s students.

    “It’s like a square peg trying to fit in a round hole,” said Cincy Rack, third grade teacher at Loveland Elementary School. “The biggest, single challenge every year is ‘how am I going to make my space work?’”

    Loveland High School Sophomore Anna Colletto spoke of navigation issues and a particularly difficult area in the overcrowded hallways: “Students trying to get upstairs are struggling, students trying to get to their classes are struggling, and students trying to get into their lockers are struggling. It takes two to three minutes just to get through that portion of the hallway, which takes up our five-minute break to get to the next class.”

    The meeting was the second in a series to inform the Loveland community about the facilities master planning process since the start of the 2018-19 school year. Finance Committee meetings, open to the public, continue to be held monthly. The master planning process now moves from the assessment phase on to the translation phase, and the first options for a master plan will be developed over the coming weeks. They will be presented to all Loveland stakeholders at Community Meeting #3 on January 23, and will then be evaluated, prioritized, and finalized. The master plan, along with financing suggestions, will be presented to the Loveland Board of Education in spring, likely April or May. A ballot issue is expected in November 2019.

    For more information, please visit www.buildingtigernation.org.

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  • You are invited: Building Tiger Nation Community Meeting #2

    You are invited: Building Tiger Nation Community Meeting #2

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District is moving forward in its master planning process to determine the needs of the school buildings and facilities. All stakeholders in the Loveland community – parents, students, teachers, residents and businesses – are invited to attend Community Meeting #2 in the Loveland Intermediate/Middle School cafeteria (757 South Lebanon Road) on November 28, 6:30-8:30 PM.

    This is the second community meeting during the master plan assessment phase and will focus on the ability of the Loveland school buildings to accommodate the delivery of education as it compares to the stakeholder vision for the Tiger student experience and research related to 21stcentury learning. The first meeting, held in September with more than 100 community members in attendance, presented data from the physical building assessments completed over the summer.

    The purpose of the physical building assessments and educational facility evaluation conducted in 2018 is to provide data for decision-making regarding a master plan to be presented to the Loveland Board of Education in spring 2019. Community Meeting #3 is planned for January 23.

    (Registration is not required to attend.)

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