The Oak Park and River Forest (OPRF) High School board recently accepted the Imagine OPRF long-term plan.
Accepting the plan does not provide funds or initiate construction, but starts the process for the board to consider ways to renovate the campus.
According to Joylynn Pruitt-Adams, the OPRF superintendent, accepting the plan means the board is acknowledging that needs have been identified in regard to the facilities, but does not commit them to a financial decision. The board will be able to decide which parts of the plan should be implemented, and how those will be funded, at a later date.
Over 40 district employees and members of the community made up the Imagine OPRF team. The task of the group was to identify campus inequities and come up with a long-term plan to solve the problems at the school. No budget was included. Officials working with issues like this can use flyer printing to keep residents of the school district updated.
The team devised a renovation proposal that would take place in five steps, and presented it this year. The suggested improvements are building new spaces for performing arts, improving the special education classrooms, constructing a new welcome center, moving the administrative offices, building a new swimming pool, improving the athletic facilities, moving the tutoring center and library, and building new classrooms.
The board will discuss the plan in depth at its meeting on December 11.
