On Monday 25th August Penny Tarsia and Christopher Cowdy represented the Parent Council in the 3rd meeting with the design team for a proposed 2 storey, 4 room building needed to cope with Rising Rolls for the year starting August 2015. This meeting was planned to discuss the location of the building in the playground and we had received 5 comments from parents about their views. Unfortunately the Design team had mis-understood Anthea’s preference and were unable to provide a clear reason why this location had been rejected so we rescheduled another meeting for Monday 1st September.
On Monday 1st September we were given clear explanation of the, now, only option for the location of the new building.
Copies of the proposed location and meeting notes can be found on the Parent Council website: https://jgpsparentcouncil.wordpress.com/ and paper copies will soon be placed on the Parent Council noticeboard by the school gates. Internal layouts will be posted soon.
For any further information please feel free to email Christopher Cowdy on crcowdy@hotmail.com.
For plans for the new building see here NewClassroomLocations190614
Rising Rolls Working Group Meeting in Montpelier Room, JGPS
01st September 2014
Anthea Grierson (JGPS), Kirsten Johnston (JGPS), Penny Tarsia (PC) , Christopher Cowdy (PC), Crawford McGhie (CoeC Asset Planning Manager), Robbie Crockatt (CoEC planning officer), Rep from Morrison Construction, Reps from Scott Brownrigg.
• Clarification given on why JGPS preferred location is not feasible
• AG disputes the boundary line shown on plan between Primary School and High School. Additional meeting to be arranged to discuss this
• Agreement reached that Option 2 floor plan is the most suitable but also needs to include:
Extra window upstairs
Shoe boxes in Hub under coat pegs
Smart boards on long walls (windows to be altered to fit this)
Sinks to be back to back beside tutorial space
Classrooms to have doors
Lose 1st floor store and build into classrooms. 1 store cupboard for each room
Sliding doors to decking
Move ground floor store to structural pillar and move cleaner’s cupboard along
Feasibility of having a cooker to be investigated
• Additional issues including problems with creating storage in 1st floor stairwell and on ground floor below stair case.
• Sign off on initial design for planning needed by Fri 5th Sep
• Updated designs to be emailed
• CM & RC could meet with AG to discuss new plans if necessary
• External appearance likely to be a mix of render and zinc. Zinc not favoured but could be driven by planners.
JGPS Council 