October 2018 - Phase 3A Volume 8 | October 17, 2018
Brownsburg High School's renovation and expansion project is expected to be completed in June of 2020. This message goes to families who have children in Brownsburg Schools in grades 8-12 in 2018-2019, to BCSC staff, and to anyone who has subscribed through our website. These emails are sent quarterly to provide information specific to each phase of the project, focusing on areas that impact students and their daily routines at Brownsburg High School, or summer visitors to BHS.

Since the project started in late 2016, well over half of the classrooms have been renovated and are in use at Brownsburg High School. While the current phase of construction, Phase 3A, continues to add additional classroom space sixty-seven newly renovated classrooms are currently in use at BHS.

Read on for more details new changes to help move students through the building more quickly. Click the button below to see past BHS-TV coverage of construction tours with BHS Principal, Dr. Bret Daghe. They will continue to cover the project in the new school year.
Overview of Phases 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E & 3A
WHAT: Construction activities have continued behind temporary walls in the main part of the high school building through the first quarter.

  • Phase 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E - These phases are effectively complete. Sixty-seven classrooms, a renovated BHS main office and Clinic are now in use at BHS. Most of the Team Office space is now open. Some small parts of the new Team Offices will remain closed until Spring Break 2019. The PE/Health space, and performing arts classroom space are in use seven periods a day with study hall classes utilizing the space during open class periods this year.
  • Phase 3A - (see timeline below) This phase will continue through the end of 2019. Since Spring Break 2018, the BHS auditorium has been closed. It will reopen in January 2020. The renovations to the auditorium as well as the new entrance from Grant Street are pictured in the photo at the top of the newsletter. The second photo above includes new science labs and a new, wide main hallway on the west side of the building, connecting new classrooms with the new cafeteria, auditorium and senior academy.


WHY: The core of the Brownsburg High School building has been relatively unchanged since it opened in 1971. With 13 additions over the last 46 years, the infrastructure of the building is in dire need of an upgrade. These upgrades will accommodate technology needs for teachers and students that weren't in place in 1971 and maintain a comfortable learning environment with updates to the aging HVAC system.

COMPLETION DATE FOR CURRENT PHASES OF WORK:
Phase 1A – Effectively complete
Phase 1B - Effectively complete
Phase 2A – Effectively complete
Phase 2B – Effectively complete
Phase 2C - Effectively complete
Phase 2D - Effectively complete
Phase 2E – Effectively complete
Phase 3A - January 2020
Impacted Areas
Building Access
  • No changes here. Entry #1 is open to the public. The student pick up / drop off line continues to have car riders entering at entry #12 and #14. Bus riders enter through entry #3. There should be no student drop off on Odell. Map is posted on the BHS website and also below.

Student Parking
  • There continues to be no parking or entrance from Sycamore or Grant. New student drivers can still get a parking pass in the main office.

Visitor Parking
  • Visitor parking during the school day continues to be across Odell and entry #1 near the BHS track

Pick up/Drop Off
  • The pick up/drop off procedures have not changed. See map below for new students. For the safety of pedestrians, there is traffic control (officers directing traffic) during pick up and drop off on Odell in front of entry #1 - in addition to Tilden and Bulldog Way.

Possible Services Affected
  • None

Classrooms & Relocation
  • There are no classroom changes happening after Fall Break.
2018-19 BHS Pick up / Drop Off Map
What's Next
Phase 3A continues through the 2nd quarter with no major changes to the occupied part of the building. Much of the work in this phase is only visible from the west side of the building near Grant Street. (See shaded part of map below.)
CLICK HERE to open a printable PDF of the timeline. (view below)
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