Give access to the use of the Commons Building and Auditorium if all students were at TIS

Give us the choice of consolidating services for all K-6 staff from outside agencies into one building

Give us the choice of consolidating services for all guidance lessons K-6 into one building 

More distributed spaces for staff to expand programs such as STEM 

More accessibility for training K-6 staff all in one location  

Easier to support all K-6 staff from Administration in one location  

Easier to develop a more common language and expectations for students along with easier grade level transitions K-6 while students are all in one building 

Foundationally TIS is a very solid building – Made of Steel and is structurally sound will make it an easy structure to add on additions too 

Keeping siblings together K-6 all in one building, reducing separation anxiety 

Younger students will have the ability to have older students as role models and will be easily available for shared reading and group activities  

More enrichment opportunities will be available K-6, such as combined assembly programs, field trips and extra-curricular activities  

A more team approach for teaching and learning K-6 when everyone is working together in one building 

Gain Instructional time (30-45 mins) by reducing two different drop-off and pick-up locations with one centralized location

Less traffic concerns- we will be looking at adding another exit way and entrance to improve the flow of traffic  

The ability to incorporate a pre-k program, early childhood intervention program, and a day care program 

The opportunity to provide more specialized services, reducing the cost of outsourcing to other venues to programs that we can provide within our district   

Provides more space to teach specials, teachers are currently using carts to teach music and other related arts. 

Gives us the opportunity to better prepare our pre-k students prior to them coming to kindergarten 

The ability to provide more receptacles and state of the art teaching equipment for our teachers and students 

Providing updates to the cooling and heating systems, making them more economical  

All the materials and supplies K-6 will be delivered to the same location  

Open house for younger household siblings all in the same location, similar to current 7-12 grade model  

Concerned about losing the current tight K-2 special bond between the K-2 families and teaching staff

We have always had a K-2 building  

Keeping the K-2 students isolated from the 3-6 grade students