New Emerald Coast Middle School

[30abob]

I would be impressed and thankful if some nice trees were being spared to shade and enhance the new school.

I looked at the plans when the project was advertised for bid... the landscaping drawing called for lots of trees to be planted. Of course it will be years before they mature enough to provide any meaningful shade.

The trees are one of my favorite features at Bay Elementary where my son is in the 2nd grade. It's a shame that there weren't any mature trees that were "deemed" to be worthy of sparing at the new middle school site.

 

[DuneLaker]

Ditto on sparing some of the trees. With new plantings there won't be much needful shade to talk of for many years. Oaks and palmettos have such old, tough root systems. Too bad more can't be left to provide a more stable land base and abate erosion during storms. Were there not any magnolia trees worth saving? Native landscaping and little to no irrigation would save money in the long run. It will be great to have the school. South Walton is growing and children are certainly filling up the schools.

 

[Goddessgal]

New ECMS update?

HI --- Did anyone here take the open house tour of ECMS? If so, was there in fact an art studio, or space for art classes? I did a forum/thread search but did not find anything.

Thanks!

 

[Jdarg]

HI --- Did anyone here take the open house tour of ECMS? If so, was there in fact an art studio, or space for art classes? I did a forum/thread search but did not find anything.

Thanks!

I would have taken then tour if I had known about it. How did you find out about it?

 

[GoodWitch58]

I would have taken then tour if I had known about it. How did you find out about it?

I would have too. In fact, I was with a Butler teacher yesterday and we were saying we would like to see the school...when was the tour?

 

[Goddessgal]

It was in September. I would have also attended if I had known about it before. You can find a photo slide show by following this link:

The New ECMS

I saw an article online from the Walton Sun (I think), but can't seem to find it now. I then surfed over to the ECMS site.

 

[GoodWitch58]

It was in September. I would have also attended if I had known about it before. You can find a photo slide show by following this link:

The New ECMS

I saw an article online from the Walton Sun (I think), but can't seem to find it now. I then surfed over to the ECMS site.

maybe it was not for the public yet?

 

[Goddessgal]

That may be the case....I guess we'll just have to wait to get all of the details...

 

[mdd88jd]

The tour in September was for the staff at ECMS. The building and grounds are coming along pretty fast. The contractor should have the building to us before school is out this year. That will leave us plenty of time to get moved into the building. I am sure we will have open house and tours before school starts next year. It is a beautiful building and yes it contains an art lab and room, band and chorus rooms. Butler will take over the existing building at the Butler campus. Hopefully we can then get rid of the portables at Butler.

 

[Goddessgal]

Sounds great - thanks for the info!