Building Tomorrow, Today

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By Lizzy Berra
Husky Herald Reporter

  Port Huron Schools will be holding Community Engagement Sessions to bring into focus the needs and goals of the district. All community members are invited to share their views and ideas at these meetings. The next session is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m on Thursday, October 29 at Port Huron Northern High School.

  “This group determines the needs and gets feedback from the community. Do they agree with the student committee and if they don't- we will look at getting a consensus on what the community will support and then putting that all together into a bond proposal that goes to the board,”  principal Charles Mossett of Port Huron Northern said.

  The community engagement sessions analyze the needs of the district from a building perspective and plan programs for the future. These sessions gives the community the opportunity to help make the school environment a place for students to get a quality education. They plan to advance the facilities to make that happen and decide what we need in order to make it happen. They put both the assessment and the programming needs together for a proposal, which eventually leads to a bond.

   “We keep track of what shape the buildings are in and if they are in need of repair. Are there any major improvements that need to be made just to function as a school at a level we expect? And we bring focus and detail to the needs of the students, staff and community,” Mossett said.

  Some goals this group has are: getting an early childhood center, create a 21st century learning environment, air conditioning in additional buildings and help fund extracurricular needs.

  “We want to know what people are thinking, the last thing the district wants is to do is put something on the ballot that the community does not support. Getting that feedback and even if you don't like it, we want people to come and tell us what it is you don't like and give us the opportunity to make it something we all support,” Mossett said.

  All documentation is on the website and people are welcome to review that and give their input. If people cannot make the meeting they can email their opinions to YourVoiceMatters@phasd.us.