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Johnstone also spoke about the Da Vinci
Rise program, which benefits homeless students.
He said the District continues to look
at various programs, trying to “keep all of
our options open so that we can continue to
serve kids.” He also noted that the District
had been granted a certificate of recognition
from Rotary Club District 5280. The Rotarians
“use our facilities quite a bit,” he said,
“so they wanted to recognize us.”
The superintendent also revealed key
aquatics center dates, with “Peak-at-the-
Pool” scheduled for May 22, and a July 19
“Fill-the-Pool” event on the District calendar.
Regarding the progress made on the aquatics
center, Madsen emailed after the Board
meeting that “we have poured the last of
the large concrete pours for both pools, the
block walls are wrapping up, and the high
roof is almost finished on the gym. Things
are looking good. Seems we are tracking for
a September completion date.”
Action items passed on the agenda mostly
concerned “change orders” for both Phase I
and Phase II of the high school construction
project. The Board also approved $3,000 for
“additional window and protective vision
screen” as the refurbishing of the old District
office facility on Aviation Boulevard continues.
Phase I change orders, including adjusting
the heating and air conditioning components
in the high school, are being implemented to
put the finishing touches on the new main
structure, to “seal the deal,” Johnstone said,
while Phase II change orders focused on
construction of the aquatics center, gym and
soccer field.
“We are tracking pretty well on Phase II,”
Johnstone said. “You are going to see things
start moving really fast now. The whole pool
area is going to be taking shape. The work
on the gym is moving pretty quickly.”
Consent items included approval of eight
additional hours of work and pay for Carrie
Oulashian to provide grant writing support to
the District’s Psychological Services Department.
Prior to the meeting, Johnstone said
Wiseburn continues to explore “multipletiered”
systems of student support. In a
district, he said, “you are constantly looking
at ways that you can address the needs of
students and leverage your resources. It is
a game of chess, with moving pieces, and
[we are] hoping for checkmate.”
The next regularly scheduled Wiseburn
School Board meeting has been bumped
up to Tuesday evening, May 8 because of
a scheduling conflict for Johnstone – who
also noted that candidate interviews would
continue this week to find a successor to
current Dana Middle School Principal Blake
Silvers (the District’s next superintendent).
On April 30, Silvers announced the selection
of Dana’s own Kiana Clark as the principal.
The School Board will officially appoint her
to the position on May 8. •
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