On Tuesday night, the Northwood Civic Association discussed at length the repercussions of the impending conversion of the H. R. Edmunds elementary school to a charter school. Members were updated on the recent public meeting by Renee Hudson. Concern focused on discipline, school growth and who would run the new school.
In others news at the meeting, Joe Krause reported on his recent meeting with Northwood Academy Charter School. Take away from that meeting is that the school will not be adding a high school but will be Kindergarten to 8th grade. The top floor of the new building will be a gymnasium and the ground floor will house a cafeteria. They are considering trying to acquire the lot on the other side of the street (Adams and Orthodox) for parking.
Joe Krause also reported on the Juanita Civic meeting he attended where it was reported that construction on the Bridge school on the property at Adams Avenue will begin within the next few months. It was also noted the the owners of the property now occupied by the concrete company on Castor Avenue have a potential tenant for a new building that would be erected at that location. PHMC is considering it for the location of an adult day care facility. No decision has been made.
Association member Al Stuhl raised the issue of a membership drive to recruit new members and also a web site for public information.
Minutes of the last meeting were read by Gina Panchella and the Treasurer’s report was delivered by Renee Hudson. The next meeting of the Northwood Civic will be held at St. James Lutheran Church on April 17th at 7PM.
