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This page will be updated frequently as new documents are available. All documents are in the Adobe pdf format.
Exterior Dormitory Elevation Updates The design of the dormitories is moving rapidly toward completion. The attached drawings give an overall impression of the look of the buildings. There will be 2 designs - one for elementary and middle-school-age children, which will house 8 students, and one for high-school-age children, which will house up to 14 students.
Posted July 7, 2008
Audience Participation Event Results The schools hosted an audience participation event to judge the reaction to a variety of exterior look and feel options. This pdf document summarizes the results of this event.
Posted May 13, 2008
Updated Draft Schematic Elevation Sketches Ohio School for the Deaf - Front Entry - Ground Perspective
Ohio School for the Deaf - Front Entry - High Perspective
Ohio State School for the Blind - Front Entry - View from the Southeast
Ohio State School for the Blind - Front Entry - Close Up View
Posted May 13, 2008
Draft Schematic Elevation Sketches Ohio School for the Deaf - Front Entry
Ohio School for the Deaf - Courtyard
Ohio State School for the Blind - Front Entry
Ohio State School for the Blind - Dining Rooms
Posted March 28, 2008
Open House Newspaper Articles Below is a link to several Newspaper articles about the open house. Posted January 31, 2008 - Updated February 15, 2008 Open House Press Release The Ohio School for the Deaf and The Ohio State School for the Blind, in cooperation with the Ohio School Facilities Commission, will hold a public open house Thursday, February 07, 2008 at the School for the Deaf Gymnasium, 500 Morse Road in Columbus, from 5:30PM to 7:30PM. The event will provide an opportunity for review and comment on preliminary building design and site plans for the renovation and construction work at the two schools. Posted January 17, 2008 Draft Plans for Demolition These sketches were also drawn during the user group meetings from Jaunuary 6 - 8, 2008. They give a good representation of the mix of new and old buildings that will be in place after the first phase of construction is complete. These are draft documents and are certain to change over the next few months. Two possible scenarios are shown for the Ohio School for the Deaf. OSD Draft Demolition a 080108.pdf OSD Draft Demolition b 080108.pdf OSSB Draft Demolition 080108.pdf Posted January 14, 2008 Project Schedule This document contains the most recent project schedule available. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the new schools are slated to be ready for the 2010-2011 school year. That would mean we have only 2 more full school years left in the current buildings and dorms. Posted November15, 2007 Memorandum of Understanding This agreement outlines some of the general provisions for the project as we move forward including budget constraints, neccesary operational efficiency improvements, and the fact that new facilities will be built at both OSSB and at OSD. Memorandum of Understanding.pdf Posted November 2, 2007 Reaction of OSD Superintendent to the Site Decision Dr Corbett's remarks can be found at this link: http://newcampus.osd.oh.gov/vlog_text_on_new_school.html Posted September 17, 2007 Reaction of OSSB Superintendent to the Site Decision Dr Mazzoli's remarks can be found at this link: http://newcampus.ossb.oh.gov/ossb_text_on_new_school.html Posted September 17, 2007 Open House files Available on OSFC Website All of the files and images from the August 15th, 2007 Open House are now available for download on the OSFC website. These are very large files, one file is over 170 megabytes, and may take a long time to download over a low-speed Internet connection. The files can be found here: ftp://osfc.ohio.gov/Communications/RS/070823-OSDB_OpenHouseGraphics/ Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Available On August 14th and 15th, a diverse group of individuals came together to provide us with their input and ideas on our project. The minutes from that meeting are included here. Advisory Committee Minutes.pdf Input Form Available We need all the input we can get to make this project a success. Please use the form attached below to give us your feedback and share your ideas. Clintonville Area Commission Presentation On July 5th, 2007, Rob Grinch, Senior Project Manager with the Ohio School Facilities Commission and Eric Algoe, Chief Operating Officer for the deaf school and the blind school, attended the Clintonville Area Commission's monthly meeting to give the local community an update on the status of the project. Below are the speaking notes from the meeting.
Educational Specifications Working with a large team of people over the past 6 months, we developed this document to outline what is needed to make this project succesful. None of us are operating under the assumption that the final schools will include everything that is stated in this book in the first phase of construction, but it is our best attempt so far at starting to get real and meaningful information down on paper, and it will serve as a guide over the next 5 to 10 years as we move forward. Educational Specifications.pdf Blindness 101 and Deafness 101 On May 10th and 11th, the Superintendents of the two schools each presided over a 4 hour long training for the architects, construction managers, and officials from the Ohio School Facilities Commission and the Office of Budget and Management. The handouts and presentations from the trainings are available here. Blindness 101 - In addition to the written topics here, the participants spent several hours with blindfolds and low vision simulators walking around the local neighborhoods, including both High Street and Morse Road. Deafness 101 - The participants were also exposed to recordings representing the difference between a mild, moderate, or extreme high-frequency hearing loss. A discussion of deaf culture and community was also a part of the class. The History of OSSB Construction This presentation was given by Dr Mazzoli, OSSB Superintendent, to a number of public groups in the spring of 2007 to help them understand what construciton has taken place in the blind school's history and what needs to be done today. Chronolgy of New OSD & OSSB Presentation This is a presentation that Dr. Corbett, Superintendent of OSD, gave at many sites across the state in the spring of 2007 as a method to inform interested parties about the plans for a joint campus. A Perspective from The NFB This article, by Eric Duffy, appeared in the National Federation of the Blind's Buckeye Bulletin. It presents a veiwpoint from someone to whom this project holds both great potential and great trepidation. Thanks to Eric for providing a screen-reader freindly text version of this article. Education Specification Document Here is a sample of the Educational Specifications document that we are putting together with the help of the Ohio School Facilities Commissiona nd our architects. This one is for the Core academic program at the Blind School. There will be a dozen or so of these covering different areas. Keep in mind that this is only a rough draft at this point: OSSB Academic Core Ed Spec.pdf Easements on Current Sites These are copies of the known easements to the current sites. These standing legal documents set clear limitiations on how and where we can build at certain locations on the sites. |
