Sage Creek High School Design Team!
PURPOSE: The purpose of the Design Team is to add definition and details to our plans for Sage Creek High School. This new high school at College Boulevard and Cannon Road is scheduled to open in Fall 2013.
Members of the Design Team will represent and provide vital input from the perspective of various stakeholders, including students, certificated and classified staff, administrators, parents, higher education, business representatives, and community members at large.
Email the Sage Creek Design Team at: designteam@carlsbadusd.net
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Sage Creek Design Team Contact Form - Please use this form to submit questions, suggestions or comments to the Sage Creek Design Team |
COMPOSITION OF WORKING GROUP: Membership of 26
- CUSD STAFF - 12 members
- PARENT/COMMUNITY - 14 members
- HIGHER EDUCATION - 1 member
- STUDENT - 1 member
FACILITATOR/LEADER:
- Suzanne O'Connell
SUPPORT STAFF:
- Torrie Norton, Devin Vodicka, Rick Lewis, Amy Lawton, Trudy Thompson, Ruth Cartegena, Nancy Navarro, Joanne Caudill, CUTA, FUSE, Jennifer Jeffries (CSUSM)
PROJECTED TIME COMMITMENT:
- Meet monthly with whole group; community forums; subcommittees meet as needed, from June 2011 through June 2012.
PROJECTED SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
| June 2011 | Design Team meets as a group for the first time; committee assignments are made; meeting schedule is set. | |
| August 2011 | Design Team begins monthly meetings; committees report out; visits are scheduled. | |
| March 2012 | Sage Creek Principal is named; community forums begin. | |
| June 2012 | Design Team presents recommendations to Superintendent. | |
| July 2012 | Principal is released full time; begins teacher recruitment. | |
| October 2012 | Leadership Team is selected; student recruitment begins. | |
| December 2012 | Apply for CDS Code | |
| January 2013 | Hire staff; begin teambuilding. | |
| April 2013 | Focus groups meet | |
| September 2013 | Sage Creek High School opens |
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News Articles
- March 21, 2011 - The Final Name Recommendations for the New High School (Carlsbad Patch)
- March 7, 2011 - More than 200 names suggested for new high school (S. Brandt, NCTimes)
- Feb 2, 2011 - District pitches open boundaries for high schools (S. Brandt, NCTimes)
- Jan 01, 2011 - CUSD asks for help naming new high school
- Dec 30, 2010 - Public invited to suggest names for new Carlsbad high school
- Dec 20, 2010 - New Carlsbad School will have eco-friendly features






