The Hoover project is one of the last Measure K-funded projects planned in the Glendale Unified School District. Measure K is a $186-million facilities improvement bond that voters passed in 1997.
Modernization work is nearly done on the school’s student services wing, which sits on Glenwood Road and will serve as the primary point of entry into the school.
That wing, which has been expanded, will house the school’s career center, counselors, administrators and attendance officials.
“It’s going to be very welcoming, it’s going to be very open,” Principal Kevin Welsh said about the student services wing.
The changes to this wing will give it a more organized, user-friendly layout for students and visitors and create more room for school staff to meet and collaborate, Welsh said.
Before, the wing was crowded, with narrow hallways, and it was difficult to find appropriate space for confidential conversations, he said.
“It was difficult to provide services,” he said.
While the new wing has been under construction, school administrators and staff members have been squeezed into a temporary building on School Street, and other classrooms, Fenton said. Staff members should be able to move into the new wing by Memorial Day weekend, he said.
Classrooms on the second and third floors of the student services building have also been renovated, Fenton said.
Those improvements include upgrades to the electrical system and fire alarm system, and changes to the hardware on doors to make them more accessible to disabled students.
Classes moved back into those completed rooms from temporary bungalows over spring break in mid-April. The school’s library was also moved back into its old location, Fenton said.
