Gates High School - Executive Director Comments Post Hearing

Comments regarding the Gates High School Zoning Hearing and School Status by Executive Director Patti Girard from the website.

Of note is that if the zoning goes through, here are their plans:

We are ready to begin the pre-development process as soon as we get approval. We still have a couple months of site approval by the building department. After our permits areapproved we are hoping to break ground sometime in the fall.

We have continued to solidify more partnerships. The Florida Aquarium has agreed to working with our students and offering internships at the aquarium for interested students. Beck, who will be designing and building the school, is also on board for internships.

We continue to develop partnerships with entities that will be of interest to our students.

We are in the very early stages of our “School Raising” which will take place in the spring and summer of 2013. We have a parent, who has agreed to take on this huge project. There will be ample opportunities for everyone to volunteer over the next year as we build Phase One of our high school.

Our 1st community service project will be to adopt Sunset Lane. Kris Smith has coordinated the road cleanup at LG and will be happy to talk with anyone interested in doing the same for GATES. She can be reached at 813-948-4190
Here is the entire letter:
GATES Update May2012