MEDIA ADVISORY: Two Logan Heights Schools Mark Historic Construction Milestone on First-of-its-Kind Cradle-to-Career Educational Complex

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Two Logan Heights Schools Mark Historic Construction Milestone on First-of-its-Kind Cradle-to-Career Educational Complex

 

WHAT:           Thirty students from Logan K-8 will join district leaders to celebrate the hoisting of the final steel beam for the TK-8 portion of the Logan-Memorial Educational Complex. Supported by Harvard research, the TK-12 complex will provide support to families and students and will be home to the first high school in Logan Heights.

                        During the celebration, students will sign the final steel beam, and then construction crews will hoist the beam to its final resting place. Construction contractor Balfour Beatty will provide a taco truck for students and the construction team following the celebration.

WHEN:           Thursday, July 18, 2019 

                                    11:00 a.m.  - 12:00 p.m. 

WHERE:         Memorial Preparatory for Scholars and Athletes, 2850 Logan                                  Ave., San Diego, CA 92113

VISUALS:       11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Speakers 

                                    11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Students will sign steel beam 

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Construction teams will hoist beam

                                    11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lunch  

**Spanish sound available ***

Renderings of the Logan Memorial Educational Complex can be found here

GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: 

Richard Barrera, San Diego Unified Board Trustee 

Nicola Labas, Newly Appointed Director of Logan Memorial Educational Complex

Antonio Villar, Logan K-8 Principal

Mirna Estrada, Memorial Preparatory for Scholars and Athletes Principal

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

This Whole Site Modernization is a complete transformation of the existing Logan K-8 and Memorial Preparatory for Scholars and Athletes sites.

The project reconfigures the existing Logan K-8 campus to provide a new elementary school for TK-5^th grades with a 6^th grade academy, and creates a 7^th-12^th grade campus at         Memorial Preparatory for Students and Athletes. New buildings for the TK-5 campus include an administration, multi-purpose with food service facilities, and a two-story classroom building.

A 7^th-12^th grade campus is created by repurposing the three existing buildings adjacent to Logan Ave. into a theater, kitchen/cafeteria, and career pathways educational spaces. There will also be construction of a gymnasium, administration/library building, and two two-story classroom buildings. 

Please note: the Topping-Out Ceremony will place the final beam of the steel frames of the TK-8^th grade buildings. Construction for the 9^th-12^th grade facilities is anticipated to start in fall 2020.

BACKGROUND: 

San Diego Unified’s capital projects are funded by San Diego Unified School District’s Propositions S and Z, which are local bond measures approved by San Diego voters to repair, renovate and revitalize neighborhood schools. In addition to renovation and replacement, bond projects include classroom technology, facilities to support College, Career and Technical Education, classroom air conditioning, safety and security upgrades, and other facilities improvements at traditional and public charter schools throughout San Diego Unified. 

            PARKING:     Please park in the parking lot located on the corner of 28^th Street and Logan Avenue; see map below.

 

Media Contact:  Jamie Ries, 619-855-9283, jries@sandi.net