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C.A.S.H., AIA California Council Recognize Projects Funded by Proposition H, Proposition U School Bonds
March 19, 2014 (El Cajon) - Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) announced that one of its schools, Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, Calif., has earned an Award of Honor in the new-built category as part of the 2014 C.A.S.H./AIACC Leroy F. Green Design + Planning Awards Program. The award was announced at the 35th Annual C.A.S.H. Conference in Sacramento on Feb. 25.
The Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) and The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC), present the Leroy F. Green Design + Planning Awards annually to recognize exceptional architectural and program implementation in the design of public school facilities, with a mission to enhance the educational programs available to all California public school students.
The honored project is Building 200 at Granite Hills High School, which was designed by the Carlsbad office of architectural firm Ruhnau, Ruhnau, Clarke. The new 21-classroom project included a two-story east building and one-story west building, with over 50,000 square feet of learning space for general classrooms as well as the specialized instruction for various Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, including medical science, culinary arts, 2D and 3D digital arts, and photography.
The project, which features a modern façade with architectural steel columns and over 5,500 square feet of glazing, was designed to enhance the district’s cutting-edge curriculum programs and offers a dramatic collegiate feel to the campus. The project also included two outdoor art patios and a large courtyard for year-round alternative learning environments.
Ruhnau, Ruhnau, Clarke is currently working on other design projects on the Granite Hills High School campus, including the new student support center and Building 30/80 classroom modernization project.
Another GUHSD project, Building 800 at Santana High School in Santee, also won this C.A.S.H./AIACC award in 2010.
The Granite Hills Building 200 project was funded by Proposition U, a $417 million general obligation bond measure passed by San Diego’s East County voters in November 2008. When combined with projected state funding, the consolidated program budget is $601.7 million. The program makes significant progress toward the modernization of district schools, providing classrooms and equipment for Career Technical Education, multi-purpose facilities to support the superintendent’s vision for the arts in education, and the construction of a new high school in the Alpine/Blossom Valley area. More than $228 million in Prop U consolidated funds have been expended to date.
About Grossmont Union High School District
Established in 1920, Grossmont Union High School District encompasses an area of approximately 465 square miles, including all of the cities of El Cajon, Santee and Lemon Grove, most of the city of La Mesa, a small portion of the city of San Diego, and the unincorporated areas of Alpine, Dulzura, Jamul, Lakeside and Spring Valley. Over 24,000 students are served by the district’s schools. The district consists of nine comprehensive high schools, two charter schools, one continuation high school, two alternative education sites, four special education facilities, a middle college high school program, a Regional Occupational Program (ROP) and an adult education program. The district employs 2,300 full-time employees, as well as hundreds of hourly employees, making it the largest employer in the East County. More information about Grossmont Union High School District can be found at www.guhsd.net.
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Grossmont Union High School District
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