Village of Stonegate is getting a new school

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The principal of my son's kindergarten (today was his first day of kindergarten :bug: ) sent out a mass email today to all parents, telling us that he's leaving Plaza Vista School to become the principal of Westwood Basics which is currently in Northwood "but is moving to the Village of Stonegate for the 2009/2010 school year."



Wonder who's gonna attend? Stonegate consists of two apartment complexes. Are they gonna send the 10 kids who live in Portola Springs there? And Woodbury East? Hmmmm.....
 
[quote author="Trooper" date=1216906969]Oh my gosh ! First day of kindergarten ! How did he do ISM ? Did you cry your eyes out ?</blockquote>


I didn't get to find out until I picked him up today how it went, because his dad had him last night :mad: (well, at least I got to work out and then go see Mama Mia. I'm not a weekend warrior, I'm a "mom's free day" warrior.) It sounds like it went well. I really like his teacher. I didn't cry - that's pretty much a throwback to the days (in my opinion) of when moms stayed home and didn't have their kids in daycare already, so taking them to kindergarten (full day no less as opposed to the 3-hour tour they get now) was a really big deal. It was really not very different than our routine for the past five years, except it was with a new teacher at a new school.



I really like Plaza Vista so far. I may have a hard time next summer executing my plan of moving to Woodbury, PS, or Stonegate in preparation to wait until my house is built in OH.
 
[quote author="irvinesinglemom" date=1216902413]The principal of my son's kindergarten (today was his first day of kindergarten :bug: ) sent out a mass email today to all parents, telling us that he's leaving Plaza Vista School to become the principal of Westwood Basics which is currently in Northwood "but is moving to the Village of Stonegate for the 2009/2010 school year."



Wonder who's gonna attend? Stonegate consists of two apartment complexes. Are they gonna send the 10 kids who live in Portola Springs there? And Woodbury East? Hmmmm.....</blockquote>


The Woodbury East kids, if there are any, will go to the elem school within Woodbury proper. Pretty much just the Stonegate kids and the Portola kids are supposed to attend WW Basics +:



<img src="http://www.ipoplaya.com/wwbplus.jpg" alt="" />
 
Wow. That's gonna be a pretty empty school for a while. Then when they open PS school in 2011, it'll be even emptier. Unless there are plans to actually build houses in Stonegate? Or maybe some of the Great Park kids will go there? (ha ha ha).
 
The is what I've heard:



The new school in Stonegate should open in the Fall of 2009. Construction is moving rapidly, due to to the slow economy, lots of resources have been readily available.



It will not be "empty" because Westwood Basics is moving over there. Nearly 400 students have committed to moving with Westwood to become the new neighborhood school of Stonegate. The defined attendance area is Stonegate, Portola Springs, and it is the alternative school to those in Woodbury who prefer and traditional calendar. (Woodbury is year round.)



My understanding is that for now, only the apartment homes will be built, and single-family homes won't start until "sometime in 2010." Sierra Vista is the Middle School. Northwood is the High School.
 
That is true. The WBP kids were asked to go over to Stonegate. ISM - so Mr. Machesky was your principal, eh? Yes, he's at our school now.



Here is a link to some photos of construction progress. (Mr. M says he will go over there periodically, stand in the same spot, and take a photo so as to update everyone.) The ground-breaking photos are on there too. If you click on the Powerpoint presentation link at the bottom you can view the slides he presented to us about when it will open, what it will look like, etc.



<a href="http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/wb/Stonegate.html">Stonegate School</a>
 
LOL, not WAS , IS our principal (too). This is my 11th year at WB+ and finally we get some real info on the move. Are you new to Westwood? Wait, you have a Kindergartner! I'm new to this! I'd love to see a map of the area/Stonegate. That's how I got here, looking for that. Well, thanks.
 
Recently drove by Portola and Jeffrey. The Stonegate school walls are up and the roof is on. Looks like they are on course to open in Fall 2009. I also noticed the steel beams going up on the new TUSD school near Settlers Park at Orchard Hills.



Off the subject but just wondering why IUSD used wood framing for a school while TUSD choose steel framing? In this day and age of earthquakes and natural disasters I figure steel would be a better choice and last longer. Any civil engineers out there?
 
[quote author="IACRenter" date=1235126881]Recently drove by Portola and Jeffrey. The Stonegate school walls are up and the roof is on. Looks like they are on course to open in Fall 2009. I also noticed the steel beams going up on the new TUSD school near Settlers Park at Orchard Hills.



Off the subject but just wondering why IUSD used wood framing for a school while TUSD choose steel framing? In this day and age of earthquakes and natural disasters I figure steel would be a better choice and last longer. Any civil engineers out there?</blockquote>


Framing methods are different due to a lot of factors. The school districts rarely have a preference for one material over another. Cost efficiency in labor as well as meeting the building type for emergency assembly are crucial for civic projects. The wood framing members for a school sometime are furrings members attached to a masonry block wall to achieve the planar relief dictated by the Mediterranean aesthetic. Roofs are often wood trusses and auditorium assembly hall that requires a longer spanning members are beams made from engineered wood. In the trade these beams are Glue Lamination (Glu-Lam) or Parallel Lamination (Para-Lam). Just because the framing components are wood it does not indicated the total framing composition is inferior. Engineered wood beams and trusses span just as far as steel and are much cheaper and easier to construct. Steels required specialized trade $$$.



When a structure is built near high fire zone with plenty of fuel a higher fire resistive rating will dictate the steel material. A school built on the flat land out of the fire danger zone material could be more conventional such as block and wood. Both will perform well seismically.
 
[quote author="bkshopr" date=1235186628][quote author="IACRenter" date=1235126881]Recently drove by Portola and Jeffrey. The Stonegate school walls are up and the roof is on. Looks like they are on course to open in Fall 2009. I also noticed the steel beams going up on the new TUSD school near Settlers Park at Orchard Hills.



Off the subject but just wondering why IUSD used wood framing for a school while TUSD choose steel framing? In this day and age of earthquakes and natural disasters I figure steel would be a better choice and last longer. Any civil engineers out there?</blockquote>


Framing methods are different due to a lot of factors. The school districts rarely have a preference for one material over another. Cost efficiency in labor as well as meeting the building type for emergency assembly are crucial for civic projects. The wood framing members for a school sometime are furrings members attached to a masonry block wall to achieve the planar relief dictated by the Mediterranean aesthetic. Roofs are often wood trusses and auditorium assembly hall that requires a longer spanning members are beams made from engineered wood. In the trade these beams are Glue Lamination (Glu-Lam) or Parallel Lamination (Para-Lam). Just because the framing components are wood it does not indicated the total framing composition is inferior. Engineered wood beams and trusses span just as far as steel and are much cheaper and easier to construct. Steels required specialized trade $$$.



When a structure is built near high fire zone with plenty of fuel a higher fire resistive rating will dictate the steel material. A school built on the flat land out of the fire danger zone material could be more conventional such as block and wood. Both will perform well seismically.</blockquote>


I guess given that the entire Orchard Hill subdivision is in higher fire risk zone versus Stonegate, steel would make sense for that location. I doubt they would build individual homes to that same high fire standard as schools. Hopefully future residents of OH will have good insurance ;-)
 
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