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Superintendent's offices move to Highlands Ranch
When the students at Highlands Ranch's newest high school show up for classes in August, they will be sharing space with the school district's head honcho - Superintendent Rick O'Connell.
By By:Tamra Monahan
When the students at Highlands Ranch's newest high school show up for classes in August, they will be sharing space with the school district's head honcho - Superintendent Rick O'Connell.
Many of the school district's administrative officials, including O'Connell and his staff, are temporarily moving to Mountain Vista High School while their current offices are renovated. Bruce Caughey, director of communications for Douglas County schools, said the north and south wings of the administration building at 620 Wilcox Street in Castle Rock will soon undergo a major renovation which precipitated the move.
Caughey said starting May 8, the Superintendent and Communications offices, Support Services and some Information and Technology Services, as well as Learning Services staff will be housed at the high school. In addition, school board meetings scheduled for the Wilcox Building will be held at the Phillip S. Miller Building at 301 Third Street in Castle Rock.
All construction at the Wilcox Building should be done by March, 2002 at which time those offices at Mountain Vista High School will return to the Castle Rock location.
The decision to move these administrative offices to the Highlands Ranch high school was made based on space availability. Caughey said administrators knew Mountain Vista would not be full for a couple of years because the school is opening with only seventh, eighth and ninth grades, and they needed a place to work for the next year. So until next March, the superintendent of Douglas County Schools will call Highlands Ranch home, at least in terms of work.
Although students at the high school may feel somewhat intimidated by having the district superintendent in the building, O'Connell welcomes the chance to interact with students and teachers on a daily basis.
"This is a very public acknowledgement that schools are our job," Caughey said. "[O'Connell] really values the people part of his job. Connecting with the teachers and principals and students means a lot to him, and he makes sure that his decisions are connected to the reason why we're all here which is kids."
Many of the school district's administrative officials, including O'Connell and his staff, are temporarily moving to Mountain Vista High School while their current offices are renovated. Bruce Caughey, director of communications for Douglas County schools, said the north and south wings of the administration building at 620 Wilcox Street in Castle Rock will soon undergo a major renovation which precipitated the move.
Caughey said starting May 8, the Superintendent and Communications offices, Support Services and some Information and Technology Services, as well as Learning Services staff will be housed at the high school. In addition, school board meetings scheduled for the Wilcox Building will be held at the Phillip S. Miller Building at 301 Third Street in Castle Rock.
All construction at the Wilcox Building should be done by March, 2002 at which time those offices at Mountain Vista High School will return to the Castle Rock location.
The decision to move these administrative offices to the Highlands Ranch high school was made based on space availability. Caughey said administrators knew Mountain Vista would not be full for a couple of years because the school is opening with only seventh, eighth and ninth grades, and they needed a place to work for the next year. So until next March, the superintendent of Douglas County Schools will call Highlands Ranch home, at least in terms of work.
Although students at the high school may feel somewhat intimidated by having the district superintendent in the building, O'Connell welcomes the chance to interact with students and teachers on a daily basis.
"This is a very public acknowledgement that schools are our job," Caughey said. "[O'Connell] really values the people part of his job. Connecting with the teachers and principals and students means a lot to him, and he makes sure that his decisions are connected to the reason why we're all here which is kids."
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