Posted 12:38 pm Monday, February 09, 2009
Griffin School Community Invited to Meeting Tonight
Tyler ISD is inviting Griffin Elementary School community residents to a meeting to discuss plans for the location of the new Griffin Elementary tonight at 6.
The meeting will take place in the gym of Griffin Elementary School, 3000 N. Border Ave.
TISD and city of Tyler officials will provide information and answer questions.
TISD Superintendent Dr. Randy Reid said the district is looking to possibly build the new Griffin Elementary on a portion of land at Woldert Park, 701 W. 32nd St., which is a city park across the street from the school.
Reid said to do this the district and the city would swap land, as they have done in the past with other school projects, such as Douglas and Ramey elementary schools. Through this potential arrangement, once the new Griffin is built and the school is torn down, a park with upgraded amenities would be created on the land where the former school was, Reid said.
Tonight’s meeting will give the community an opportunity to see the plans for the project and for the park and to allow city and school officials to get feedback, to “make sure that they’re comfortable with the plans that we’ve got and that we’re doing the right things for the community,” Reid said.
Neither the city nor the school district has made an ultimate commitment on the site yet, Reid said.
Griffin is one of six schools that TISD is replacing as part of the $124.9 million bond pack-age that voters approved in November. Officials have said Griffin will have a similar design to Jack Elementary School, which was built as part of the 2004 bond issue.
TISD Superintendent Dr. Randy Reid said the district is looking to possibly build the new Griffin Elementary on a portion of land at Woldert Park, 701 W. 32nd St., which is a city park across the street from the school.
Reid said to do this the district and the city would swap land, as they have done in the past with other school projects, such as Douglas and Ramey elementary schools. Through this potential arrangement, once the new Griffin is built and the school is torn down, a park with upgraded amenities would be created on the land where the former school was, Reid said.
Tonight’s meeting will give the community an opportunity to see the plans for the project and for the park and to allow city and school officials to get feedback, to “make sure that they’re comfortable with the plans that we’ve got and that we’re doing the right things for the community,” Reid said.
Neither the city nor the school district has made an ultimate commitment on the site yet, Reid said.
Griffin is one of six schools that TISD is replacing as part of the $124.9 million bond pack-age that voters approved in November. Officials have said Griffin will have a similar design to Jack Elementary School, which was built as part of the 2004 bond issue.
