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Relocating Quest discussed at Humble ISD meeting
By Corey L. Turner
Budget concerns for the Humble Independent School District remained a hot topic at the Nov. 11 school board meeting, and plans for relocating Quest High School could have a positive impact on the district budget.
The new plan will take Quest from its current location inside the Community Learning Center and place it at Summer Creek High School, which will open next school year along Beltway 8. It is a move that Superintendent Dr. Guy Sconzo says will have mutual benefits for the district and the students at Quest.
“It puts Quest for the first time ever in a facility where they can access educational resources that they have never been able to access at the Community Learning Center,” said Sconzo. “So I see a real learning benefit to our Quest students moving forward with this move.”
The decision will cost the district $198,307 in additional expenses paid to Gilbane Construction, but Sconzo added that it will allow the district to stretch bond dollars and that it will provide needed relief to building plans in the future.
“Making this move allows us to address a need we have for expanding our discipline program on the CLC campus without building what has been authorized to build in the bond (2008), and that was a $14 million structure at the center,” Sconzo added. “So it would be inaccurate to say we are saving here, but we are avoiding spending.”
Quest High School opened in January 1995 and is a magnet school of choice. This fall, 276 students are enrolled in the high school according to the district's website.
“I see a very significant financial benefit and educational benefit to this move and both are consistent with my commitment to Quest,” said Sconzo.
Trustees also discussed boundary plans for Middle School No. 8 and Summer Creek High School.
Check the Nov. 17 Observer Newspaper for more district news and further information from the Nov. 11 school board meeting.
The new plan will take Quest from its current location inside the Community Learning Center and place it at Summer Creek High School, which will open next school year along Beltway 8. It is a move that Superintendent Dr. Guy Sconzo says will have mutual benefits for the district and the students at Quest.
“It puts Quest for the first time ever in a facility where they can access educational resources that they have never been able to access at the Community Learning Center,” said Sconzo. “So I see a real learning benefit to our Quest students moving forward with this move.”
The decision will cost the district $198,307 in additional expenses paid to Gilbane Construction, but Sconzo added that it will allow the district to stretch bond dollars and that it will provide needed relief to building plans in the future.
“Making this move allows us to address a need we have for expanding our discipline program on the CLC campus without building what has been authorized to build in the bond (2008), and that was a $14 million structure at the center,” Sconzo added. “So it would be inaccurate to say we are saving here, but we are avoiding spending.”
Quest High School opened in January 1995 and is a magnet school of choice. This fall, 276 students are enrolled in the high school according to the district's website.
“I see a very significant financial benefit and educational benefit to this move and both are consistent with my commitment to Quest,” said Sconzo.
Trustees also discussed boundary plans for Middle School No. 8 and Summer Creek High School.
Check the Nov. 17 Observer Newspaper for more district news and further information from the Nov. 11 school board meeting.
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