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| Photos taken today, back/front Loucks on left, back/front Columbia on right. |
School starts back at Quest Charter Academy in just a little over a month and it looks like construction is finally underway they are doing some work on the roof.
Quest is slated to make improvements on a portion of Loucks and the old Columbia School this summer. The work was reportedly scheduled to begin after the school year ended in June and is scheduled to be completed by August 16, 2012, in time for school's first high school class.
For the 2012-2013 school year 5th – 6th grade students at Quest will move to the Columbia School building at 2612 N. Bootz Ave; while the 7th - 9th graders will attend school in the Loucks building.
The plan is to demolish about 25,000 square feet, leaving about 55,000 square feet for school use. The part of Loucks scheduled for demolition is in the oldest section of the building (shown in the photo above), which was built in 1914. (click images to enlarge)
District 150 sold the two buildings to Peoria County for $300,000. The County sold the buildings to Quest. The County also extended a $500,000 line of credit to the Quest board to make repairs on the building. Quest's board members were reportedly scheduled to vote on issuing bids for demolition and improvements immediately after receiving the funds. A quick review of the website for the Quest Board did not clearly indicate what date that meeting would be held.
Quest is slated to make improvements on a portion of Loucks and the old Columbia School this summer. The work was reportedly scheduled to begin after the school year ended in June and is scheduled to be completed by August 16, 2012, in time for school's first high school class.
For the 2012-2013 school year 5th – 6th grade students at Quest will move to the Columbia School building at 2612 N. Bootz Ave; while the 7th - 9th graders will attend school in the Loucks building.
The plan is to demolish about 25,000 square feet, leaving about 55,000 square feet for school use. The part of Loucks scheduled for demolition is in the oldest section of the building (shown in the photo above), which was built in 1914. (click images to enlarge)
District 150 sold the two buildings to Peoria County for $300,000. The County sold the buildings to Quest. The County also extended a $500,000 line of credit to the Quest board to make repairs on the building. Quest's board members were reportedly scheduled to vote on issuing bids for demolition and improvements immediately after receiving the funds. A quick review of the website for the Quest Board did not clearly indicate what date that meeting would be held.
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13 comments:
About Glen Oak. I do recall saying(being my usual pessimistic self) that the idea of all that "green" space wasn't going to work. (And the whole premise was the idea of green space). I predicted that the district did not have enough money to pay groundskeepers to keep the grass watered (or the money to pay the water bill) and to plant and care for flowers, etc. Now Glen Oak probably looks worse than other schools that don't occupy a large tract of empty land that has to be maintained.
I was never quite convinced that the environment of the school was going to have any educational benefit. On the other hand, I pleasant new building with color, etc., and new desks, etc., does have an impact on learning--to an extent.
That would be "a" pleasant....."do" have an impact.
Are there any asbestos issues with that old Loucks building?
There are asbestos removal signs up now on the south end curved part of the building (auditorium ?).
Building "does."
Extreme School Makeover ! DRIVER!!!!! ......MOVE .....THAT ...... BUS !!!!!
W/ color & desks are part of prepositional phrase
I went by Quest in the old Loucks building the other day; I even went around to the back of the school. There isn't any construction going on outside. I thought they were going to be tearing down the old part of the school. If so, how will they have that done before school begins in August? Is there asbestos in the Columbia building and what construction is going on there?
I didn't see any construction going on at the Columbia building on July 12.
Okay, maybe I jumped the gun on this one. It looks like the only work being done on the old Loucks building is on the roof. Apparently...
"Both buildings are being cleaned and technology infrastructure is being installed." - Engin Blackstone -
... so, construction is done?
Obviously the demolition of partial Loucks was never really going to happen. If they weren't going to demolish the old part of Loucks, why buy Columbia? Do they have that much money that they can afford to heat/maintain two buildings? Wouldn't it have been cheaper for this year to have put the freshman in one part of the building away from the younger classman and then not moved until the following year when they had a sophomore class. They waste money just like Dist 150. What will the high school do for sports and other activities/clubs that Dist 150 schools have?
The request for bids asks for "remodel" bids, not "demolition" like the article states.
The May 4th paper said "Now that the three-party agreement between two local government bodies and Quest Charter Academy has been finalized, Quest officials plan to tear down most of the oldest section of the former Loucks School. The arrangement also paves the way for the charter school to make improvements on the old Columbia School and the remaining portion of Loucks this summer. Most of the work is scheduled to begin after this school year ends in June and be completed by August, in time for the charter school's first high school class." http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2069498649/Quest-will-demolish-part-of-former-Loucks-School
Are they then not going to tear down part of the Loucks building? If not, why did they buy Columbia as Loucks is big enough for all the grades?
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