Since 1990 the Lockwood School District enrollment has grown by approximately 9%.  Back in 1995 it was projected that the district would have 1,110 students in 2005, but we already have 1,260, well over the projections.  At present more than 200 home sites are either planned, marked, or being built.

One of the goals of the Lockwood School Board is to have a facility that is safe and adequate for the number of students and programs that are in place for our students.  Meetings have begun and will continue in September of 2005 to look for solutions to the lack of space issue. If you are interested in being a part of the solution, please watch for dates and times of meetings that will be posted on our website, newsletter, and around the community. At the September 15th Open House look for the sign-up area to participate.

Listed below are some of the more critical issues regarding space that the district is currently facing.

• Three Middle School health teachers sharing two rooms
• Eighth grade history in the 4th grade hallway
• Two Middle School reading and 1 Middle School math in the main hallway of the Intermediate building
• Two Middle School classrooms are on the second floor of the Intermediate and are not handicap accessible.
• Primary science room being constructed out of two closets and part of hallway
• Classrooms are all at accreditation levels. Each of these should be at lower numbers to present curriculum in a manner that meets all students’ needs. If a class becomes overcrowded, there is no place to put another teacher and class.
• Nurse station with no restroom--small sink has water and waste pumped overhead. The station is a former exit.
• Counseling room in the Intermediate is a former exit.
• No conference rooms exist in the Primary or Intermediate.
• Conference room in the Middle School is a former closet.
• Curriculum office is a closet shared with a network hub.
• Library in the Primary is being remodeled to add a computer lab.
• Neither the middle school nor the elementary library has adequate working space for repair, storage, or circulating of library resources. Each of our two elementary schools is in need of a separate library. We have 800 students sharing one space with librarians attempting to give lessons and skills to all of them on a rotation basis.
• To offer all-day/every day kindergarten at least 5 more classrooms are needed.
• The health enhancement office in the Primary is in a storage area so that speech can be accommodated in the former health office, which is not more than a closet.
• There are no tutor rooms available. Tutoring will have to be in the classrooms or hallways