There will be discussion about potential Devin Center renovations in 2024. During the recent Board of Education meeting the Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Reginald Eggleston, noted that there have been conversations about what the District Administration building could look like if renovations were undertaken.
Eggleston mentioned that a roof, parking and potential internal improvements such as upgraded carpeting, spacing in some areas, and another area for a Board room, and he posed the question what would it look like? Staff have been working on that issue. "If that becomes something we act on then we know we would need to move the District office over to ( the former ) Franklin Elementary School and while the renovations are taking place here ( Devin Center ) operations would occur there."
Eggleston added that's an item that will be brought to the Board's attention as officials move forward through the 2024 school year.
Questions such as whether the project is needed would have to be addressed and a lengthy process is anticipated before the Board makes any final decision. Eggleston plans to meet with the facilities committee to look at all of the details with information then being brought back to the Board as progress is made in discussion.
There were questions from Board members. One involved whether there has been or could be future discussion about whether the District should abandon the Devin Center and move operations to the former Franklin Elementary building, with the Superintendent confirming that could also be part of the discussion.
Also noted during BOE conversation was that little has been done to the Devin Center since the District moved into the building in the late 1980s.