GalleyBoy Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 UA would get Central-Hower under state bill This would be great for the University. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Beats letting some charter school get their hands on it. I don't even want to imagine the problems that would cause for UA's plans. Quote
skip-zip Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 I heard that story break, and I knew it would spread pretty quickly. It makes perfect sense for us to obtain that as our next area of expansion. Quote
g-mann17 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 This makes perfect sense for all state universities. The best thing they can do is sell it to the representatives of other areas. BGSU and Toledo are both signed on with this concept too. So that is added pressure to the state to get this thing passed. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Sounds great. What's going on with the old Inventure Place property? It's a charter school now, right? That's an architecturally significant property that UA could really do something extraordinary with. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 What's going on with the old Inventure Place property? That's an architecturally significant property that UA could really do something extraordinary with. Reinvented to be a STEM middle-school. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Reinvented to be a STEM middle-school. What does "STEM" mean? Is it part of the Akron Public Schools? Quote
g-mann17 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 What does "STEM" mean? Is it part of the Akron Public Schools? Yes it is part of APS. Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics - STEM. It is also partnered with UA's College of Education for teaching labs and observation of new teaching techniques. That is the whole idea of Central going to UA, because they would then house the Early College and STEM High school out of the same building, freeing up more class room space for Summit College since they will start having tiered(selective) entrance into the University of Akron. People below a certain level would have to attend Summit College first and then be admitted to the University. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Yes it is part of APS. Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics - STEM. It is also partnered with UA's College of Education for teaching labs and observation of new teaching techniques. That is the whole idea of Central going to UA, because they would then house the Early College and STEM High school out of the same building, freeing up more class room space for Summit College since they will start having tiered(selective) entrance into the University of Akron. People below a certain level would have to attend Summit College first and then be admitted to the University. Great developments. You're very familiar with what's going on! Thanks for the insight! As for the part of your quote which I put in bold, tiered entrance is also a new development, no? And the UA has been pushing for that for quite a while now, right? Quote
g-mann17 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Great developments. You're very familiar with what's going on! Thanks for the insight! As for the part of your quote which I put in bold, tiered entrance is also a new development, no? And the UA has been pushing for that for quite a while now, right? There have been discussions for some time on it. Mostly because school rankings are hugely based on selectivity and graduation rate. So that move would help with both by avoiding people entering the University that will just drop out later, and limiting the time they are at the university cutting down graduation from 7-5 years. The big issue was finding a way to maintain the University's goal of providing opportunity to everyone, and improving the academic appearance of the University. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_new...ersity-of-akron Quote
72 Roo Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 This is great news if the legislature approves Slaby's bill. I would like to see the university tear down the building and put up on that space exactly what it needs whether it is a new college of education building, an extension of Summit College, a teaching high school for our students, more health related buildings to be close to Summa or a new arena with tennis stadium. I know this may be too expensive, especially if the Central Hower building is sound and efficient to run. But I love the idea of us continuing to extend our architectural theme to all campus buildings, not renovating them only to tear them down in 10-15 years. That property could help become an impressive eastern entrance to the university off Market Street and help enhance the health sciences corrider that is forming over there. That would be a welcome addition to our already beautiful and growing campus. I hope this idea is practical. Dr. P is on a roll. Quote
zen Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Tear it down? I got the impression that the idea was to bring the accelerated and scholarship students into one building. Would it not be there? Quote
g-mann17 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Tear it down? I got the impression that the idea was to bring the accelerated and scholarship students into one building. Would it not be there? Yeah, tearing it down wouldn't happen. The whole purpose of the thing is to save the university the $65-70 million that a comparable building would cost. Besides, Central is mostly red brick and white stone anyway, it's where Curtis came up with the current architectural scheme to begin with. The scholarships are derived from the savings UA would get from acquiring the building (appraised at $8-10 million). Doing anything other than operating the building would negate that whole process. If the bill passes UA acquires a building for free, that allows them to create class space without building or spending anything new. Quote
akronad Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 This is a great move for both the U of A and APS. The university gets the building and parking and it opens up space at the Polsky bldg. APS gets the benefit of housing both the Early college High School and the Stem High School out of 1 bldg. Also, APS saves money in the costs to operate and maintain Central-Hower. It is truly nice to see Dr. Proenza and David James working together to make things better for Akron. Quote
Buckzip Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Help a brother out. I moved 5 years ago. Why do you say the old inventure place building? Is the Inventors HOF gone? Is it no longer there? I'm confused. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Help a brother out. I moved 5 years ago. Why do you say the old inventure place building? Is the Inventors HOF gone? Is it no longer there? I'm confused. It's closed. No (too few) patrons. The city turned the beautiful structure into a middle school specializing in math & science. Whatever. Middle school students don't really specialize in math & science, no offense to any advanced middle schoolers out there . Hopefully the UofA will acquire the building one day. I'm sure the U could better utilize that very significant structure. Quote
akronad Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 It's closed. No (too few) patrons. The city turned the beautiful structure into a middle school specializing in math & science. Whatever. Middle school students don't really specialize in math & science, no offense to any advanced middle schoolers out there . Hopefully the UofA will acquire the building one day. I'm sure the U could better utilize that very significant structure. It is more than science and math. STEM=Science, Technolgy, Engineering, Math. It is quite extraordinary what these students have done and accomplished. Quote
scottditzen Posted February 11, 2012 Report Posted February 11, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldohioschool...stream/lightbox While tearing it down would certainly be wasteful, I do think the exterior could certainly use some updates/sprucing up. Some larger windows would do wonders for this building. The original architecture is pretty great, but the more recent addition, much like the original Natatorium, comes off looking way too fortress like. Yeah, tearing it down wouldn't happen. The whole purpose of the thing is to save the university the $65-70 million that a comparable building would cost. Besides, Central is mostly red brick and white stone anyway, it's where Curtis came up with the current architectural scheme to begin with. The scholarships are derived from the savings UA would get from acquiring the building (appraised at $8-10 million). Doing anything other than operating the building would negate that whole process. If the bill passes UA acquires a building for free, that allows them to create class space without building or spending anything new. Quote
Buckzip Posted February 12, 2012 Report Posted February 12, 2012 It's closed. No (too few) patrons. The city turned the beautiful structure into a middle school specializing in math & science. Whatever. Middle school students don't really specialize in math & science, no offense to any advanced middle schoolers out there . Hopefully the UofA will acquire the building one day. I'm sure the U could better utilize that very significant structure. Amazing. That place was fairly new and beautiful. Hard to beleive. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 UA won't be able to take possession of Union Park (a.k.a. Central-Hower's lawn). Not that I think anyone would complain at having a nice bit of greenspace on campus (or surrounded by it, technically). Quote
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