Planning for the seismic upgrade
of Kitsilano Secondary
Community Requests/Ideas/Concerns:
- Comprehensive
neighbourhood school – academic/electives
- Environmentally
sustainable building standards – site specific
- Flexible
space: meeting space for large and small groups
- Flexible
walls, multiuse areas
- Traffic:
people flow, use of space
- Gym
time: consultation with community center
- Collaboration
with Community Centre: interactive use (ex. Cambie in Richmond)
- Integration
of technology into design
- Technology
in every room: properly wired for flexibility (smart boards, wi-fi,
projectors, etc.)
- Clean
- Acoustics:
classrooms, hallways, open space
- Softer,
more relaxing lighting
- Natural
lighting: fresh air, large windows that open
- Basic
necessities: air, water, light
- Safe
fountain/drinking water
- Flexible
tech wing that facilitates changing electives
- Table-style
desks: no storage, clean, proper size for students
- Dust-free:
cleaning, air quality, heating, ventilation
- Archive
Kits history: visual record
- Transfer
existing records to DVD-Blue Ray
- More
artwork on display: artistic use of art, mural cork boards
- No
yellow paint, no hospital colours: colour/ambiance affect learning
- Keep
all trees, shrubs, grass, flowers, etc.
- Focus
on “green”: use new community center at 57th and Main
- Bookshelves
in rooms
- “Platinum”
rating school
- Possibility
of keeping faēade: building condos/office etc. to finance school
(geriatric center, arts center)
- Raise
taxes ($5/year) to cover what current proposal would cut
- Current
“room use and requirement” page has no mention of FRIM needs
- No
exam-usable space under a gym
- Composting/other
ecology-related spaces
- Outdoor
wall spaces available for murals or other means of student
ownership of space
- Elevator
in centre of building
- Community
involvement ¹
free access all day, any day
- Built
to last
- No
restrictions on telephone outside lines
- No
corporations/corporate sponsorship
- Re-do
3rd floor girls’ washroom: separate wheelchair stall (ex. Boys’
washroom)
- Ethnographic
- Tour
newly built schools
- Room
for physical growth
- Sliding
walls (combinable classrooms)
- Restore
cafeteria program to:
Ž
Provide student training
Ž
Provide healthy food
Ž
Rebuild lost community
Ž
Healthy body = healthy mind
Ž
Food: fosters wellness
- Green
space/building: efficient recycling, opening windows, ice rink heat used
for school, green space on the roof, green technologies
- Look
at community centre as resource
- Heritage
building: aesthetic has value
- Impact
on environment to tear down a building? (Re-location of materials, etc.)
- Community
hub: cross ventilating with the community centre, closer services for
walking
- AW
stakeholder’s involvement: community individuals, parents, teachers,
students, etc.
- People
living zoned with the school: building residential units on top of new
school
- Lack
of trust that VSB is making the best decision for the building of a school
that is appropriate for the needs
Ž
Want the best school for our students
- Community
library: upgrade
Ž
Kids are more responsible/respectful in a
sharing community (ex. King George)
- Minimize
impact/disruption to classes
- Consider
residential neighbours: noise, work hours, etc.
- Collaboration/property
sharing or swap with Community Centre: build new school, old school
becomes part of community center
OR
- Kits
takes community center field for new school, c. center keeps old school in
return
- Ability
to rent new school facility for revenue (weddings, etc.)
- How to
avoid kids moving to other schools during construction
- Inspiring:
ownership, pride, students, partnerships with the community
- Conducive
to healthy living
- Integral
part of community
- Cluster
departments within schools
- Connection
with Broadway: pathways
- Most
used entrance: 10th and Trafalgar
- Need a
good entrance to community center: connect these two entrances with an
internal “street” that serves to organize various parts of the school
- Funding
with condos
- Close
down larch: barrier between community center and school
- Physically
integrate school and community center
- Digital
display cases
- Text
message homework and messages: bulletin electronic system
- Underground
parking
- Department
classrooms around hub of storage room
- Explore
green issues: less paper, etc.
- No
wasted space
- Sound
proof retractable walls
- New
sound/announcement system with on/off switches in classrooms
- Geothermal/off-grid
energy
- Construction
concerns:
Mental Ž concentration, noise
Physical Ž dust, asbestos, chemicals
- No
coke machines
- Quiet
spaces
- Teacher
desk for computer/telephone
- Better/more
washrooms
- Murals
- Release
time for teachers to research other examples
- Improved
access to prep space
- Better
storage
- No
scent/environment issues addressed
- Full
lockers
- High
ceilings, wide halls
- CPU: 2:1
- Open
forum instead of cafeteria
- Improve
cafeteria:
- Re-establish
teacher area, supports morale, professional interaction
- Students
now sitting in hallways discarding garbage
- Vegetarian
option needed
- Themed
hallways
- After
school facilities (gym, study space): for kids to feel welcome/sense of
belonging
- Keep/replace/move
tennis courts
Spaces:
- Auditorium
- Drama
room
- Tech
shops
- Home
ec. Classes
- Welcoming
foyer: space maybe used more by community waiting for auditorium events
- Gyms:
accessibility on weekends (gate-off the rest of the school) ex. Kelowna
Secondary
- Functioning
cafeteria opening onto inner courtyard (S or W exposure) with windows
- Band
room/music room
- Student
meeting space
- Central
library with study rooms
- Staff
room with shower facilities
- Staff
exercise room (showers)
- Separate
copy facilities: staff work room separate from staff lounge
- Common
departmental areas: modular units to ensure mutual support, sharing of
materials and conferencing (ex. Math wing, including prep./resource room)
- Classrooms
with nearby resource rooms
- Dept.
resource room: classrooms around hub of storage room
- Common
student areas with adequate seating
- “Hub”:
gathering for teachers and/or students
- Hallways:
room to hang out and move or common space (atrium, café) for kids
to gather (ex. Magee, Burnaby South)
- Usable
outdoor space: replace wet, muddy grass areas with paving, concrete
benches, etc.
- Center
space to build community: open, ventilated, well lit
- Adequate
spaces for: eating, studying, meeting
- More
staff washrooms: ratio by min. 50%
- Rooms
must reflect larger class size
- Green
space that doubles as community garden
- Meditation
garden
- Covered
staff and student bicycle storage facility
- Study-hall
separate from counseling suite/library with access to computers
- Study
help areas
- Flex
space: studio, parent meetings, drama, etc.} FRIM
- Front
office on main floor: improves security
- Covered
outdoor teaching area to use as gym: outdoor gym in inner courtyard
- Outdoor
classrooms
- Common
areas for department resources (SS center)
- Mac
lab
- Field
House: another facility for class physical education, used for community
after 5pm, outdoor sponsor?
- Large
multi-purpose fitness room
- Tennis
court
- 4
gyms: 2 double gyms
- PE
teachers office
- Extended
roof over the black top area: extra teaching area
- Atrium:
way of organizing parts of building to the whole
- Dedicated
conference room for family consultations and student conflicts
- Modern
languages lab
- More
art supplies and storage
- More
storage
- Gardens
- Student
art gallery
- Gallery
space or wall in common area: floor to ceiling cork board
- Resource
room with telephones