STEELE CREEK NEWS
Schools, Roads,
and Branding were Topics at
2018 Residents Association Annual Meeting
(March
3, 2018) Over 200 Steele Creek residents and 50 representatives of
government agencies, schools, and non-profit organizations attended the 2018
Steele Creek Residents Association Annual Meeting on February 22 at
Kennedy Middle School.
Dr. Clayton Wilcox,
Superintendent of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and a Steele Creek
resident, provided updates on plans for two new
schools. Last November, over 75% of Steele Creek voters supported the
bonds that will be used to build the schools. (See
Vote Yes for School Bonds! Vote Yes for Steele Creek Children!)
He said CMS has 80 acres next to Palisades Park Elementary School for a new
high school that is expected to open in 2022. Dr. Wilcox also said that an
announcement on a new elementary school location is expected in about a week. The
new school location is expected to be on Sandy Porter Road near Food Lion,
at a site whose
purchase the School Board authorized in September. (See
CMS to
Purchase Elementary School Site on Sandy Porter Road.)
Additionally, bond money will be used to improve Career and
Technical Education facilities at
Olympic.
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Dr. Wilcox said that student safety will be a
priority at all schools. The new schools' designs will incorporate
new safety features, and they will add safety upgrades to existing
schools. He said he does not support arming school teachers.
He said that next fall the five small schools at Olympic will be consolidated under one principal, but he is committed to the
specialized, focused classes of the academies. He wants to make sure they strengthen what is
already a strong model
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Stuart
Basham,
Division 10 Planning Engineer with the
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT),
give updates on the status of the planned improvements
to the Highway 160/Hamilton Road intersection this year and the widening
of
Highway 160 from I-485 to the South Carolina state line beginning in 2021. (See
Residents Learn about Highway Plans at Annual Meeting.)
William
Hodges of New Forum, Inc. discussed efforts to brand Steele Creek and promote it's
identity, which includes adopting a logo and erecting welcome signs
along roadways. A special insert on
Development in Steele Creek was published in the Charlotte
Business Journal in September. (See
Branding Effort Aims to Dispel Misconceptions about Steele Creek.)
Attendees got to
talk to representatives of 15 state and local government agencies,
12 non-profit organizations, and principals of most of the area
schools during the Meet and Mingle
part of the meeting. This was a great opportunity to interact with
many of the people who affect the quality of life in Steele Creek
The Meet and Mingle
participants were:
Alignment Southwest Charlotte
Arrowood Business Association
Berewick Recreation Center
Winget Recreation Site
Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS)
Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT)
Charlotte Douglas Airport
Charlotte Engineering and Property Management
Charlotte Housing and Neighborhood Services
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department:
Steele Creek Division
Animal Care and Control
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Charlotte
Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO)
Christ the King Lutheran Church
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,
Lake Wylie Covekeepers/Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation,
McDowell Nature Center
Mecklenburg County Tax Assessor's Office
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT),
Olympic High School Athletic Booster Club
Olympic High School Foundation
Palisades Episcopal School
Steele Creek Library
Steele Creek Masonic Lodge #737
Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Steele Creek YMCA
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View the Meet and
Mingle Presentation Loop
HERE.
The Residents
Association would like to thank Kennedy Principal Kevin Sudimak
for offering the use of the school's gym for our meeting, for providing the
tables, podium, sound system, projector, and screen, and for
getting everything set up. We hope the community found the
meeting informative and useful.
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