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The Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce is advocating for
the support of the 3,600 students who are educated in our
high schools everyday and for the future of our community
by endorsing the Bartholomew Consolidated School
Corporation’s plan for the High School Renovation Project.
Hundreds of hours of work by teachers, school
administrators, students, parents, and community citizens
have been amassed to create detailed proposals for
renovating the respective buildings of Columbus North and
Columbus East. These proposals center around three
overarching objectives:
1. Improve the way we serve students
2. Improve the existing facilities and make improvements
to support learning
3. Accomplish the first two objectives in an affordable
and responsible way
We must improve the way we serve our students. Today’s
students must be competent in 21st Century skills. Our
facilities must accommodate effective learning strategies
in developing these skills including wireless technology,
better media centers and collaborative project space.
Critical improvements are also necessary to create a safe
learning environment such as additional classroom space
and expanded hallways, lighting, acoustics, and thermal
comfort. We must also continue to support the education
of the whole student by developing both sides of their
minds through the support of vital extracurricular
programs such as music, the arts, and athletics. But
these activities require investment in order to remain
both functional and competitive.
Regardless of what industry or career position a student
is interested in pursuing today, you can be assured that
the industry is rapidly becoming high-tech, high-touch,
and knowledge-intense. Beyond all other issues, our
companies in Columbus are increasingly citing “a prepared
and educated workforce” as their number one necessity and
concern. Without developing the full educational and
creative capacity of every human being in Columbus, we
cannot succeed socially or economically.
The membership of the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce
wants to see our City continue to become the best
community it can be. We believe that improving the way in
which we serve students should be our highest aspiration
and the best way to do that today is by supporting our two
high schools of Columbus East and Columbus North. We are
truly privileged to be one community with two great high
schools.
Click here to see photos documenting areas that need
attention at both high schools in our community. |
