Envisioning Havre de Grace High School's Future: Replacement
Check out one of four options the Harford County Board of Education is considering.
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Replacing Havre de Grace High School would involve 36 months of construction and cost $71.25 million, according to a report commissioned by Harford County Public Schools.
The Board of Education is scheduled to vote Monday, Dec. 3, on how to proceed with the school's aging infrastructure.
Superintendent Robert Tomback and a group of architects presented the board with four options last month: renovation, modernization, modernization with Congress Avenue closed and replacement.
The presenters recommended replacing Havre de Grace High School, which they outlined as follows:
Construction
- 225,270-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility
- entry road to new school building from Juniata at Congress
- traffic light at Juniata where new school entrance is
- ball field and multipurpose field where current school buildings are
Demolition
- school buildings between Adams and Juniata
Construction time: 36 months
Cost: $71,250,486
Opportunities: meets school system's standards for safety and education; existing school buildings could house classes during construction; increased efficiency and supervision with one-building design; room for expansion (not available in current location, or with modernization and renovation options)
Challenges: site is partially in a floodplain, construction would require permitting/mitigation for building near wetlands, there is no power/water hookup
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Todd M. Lynch
12:15 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Also, they would have to consider that students from Somerset Manor and even Bayview abd Grace Harbor who choose to walk would be even more tempted to cross the Amtrak line...unless a much beefier fence were put up. It has been several years since I was in that school, but even then it was an issue. Put it in what is basically their backyard, the temptation will be enormous.