The principal of my son’s kindergarten (today was his first day of kindergarten ) sent out a mass email today to all parents, telling us that he’s leaving Plaza Vista School to become the principal of Westwood Basics which is currently in Northwood “but is moving to the Village of Stonegate for the 2009/2010 school year.“

Wonder who’s gonna attend?  Stonegate consists of two apartment complexes.  Are they gonna send the 10 kids who live in Portola Springs there?  And Woodbury East?  Hmmmm…..

Oh my gosh !  First day of kindergarten !  How did he do ISM ?  Did you cry your eyes out ?

Trooper - 23 July 2008 10:42 PM

Oh my gosh !  First day of kindergarten !  How did he do ISM ?  Did you cry your eyes out ?

I didn’t get to find out until I picked him up today how it went, because his dad had him last night (well, at least I got to work out and then go see Mama Mia.  I’m not a weekend warrior, I’m a “mom’s free day” warrior.)  It sounds like it went well.  I really like his teacher.  I didn’t cry - that’s pretty much a throwback to the days (in my opinion) of when moms stayed home and didn’t have their kids in daycare already, so taking them to kindergarten (full day no less as opposed to the 3-hour tour they get now) was a really big deal.  It was really not very different than our routine for the past five years, except it was with a new teacher at a new school.

I really like Plaza Vista so far.  I may have a hard time next summer executing my plan of moving to Woodbury, PS, or Stonegate in preparation to wait until my house is built in OH.

irvinesinglemom - 23 July 2008 09:26 PM

The principal of my son’s kindergarten (today was his first day of kindergarten ) sent out a mass email today to all parents, telling us that he’s leaving Plaza Vista School to become the principal of Westwood Basics which is currently in Northwood “but is moving to the Village of Stonegate for the 2009/2010 school year.“

Wonder who’s gonna attend?  Stonegate consists of two apartment complexes.  Are they gonna send the 10 kids who live in Portola Springs there?  And Woodbury East?  Hmmmm…..

The Woodbury East kids, if there are any, will go to the elem school within Woodbury proper.  Pretty much just the Stonegate kids and the Portola kids are supposed to attend WW Basics +:

Wow.  That’s gonna be a pretty empty school for a while.  Then when they open PS school in 2011, it’ll be even emptier.  Unless there are plans to actually build houses in Stonegate?  Or maybe some of the Great Park kids will go there?  (ha ha ha).

The is what I’ve heard:

The new school in Stonegate should open in the Fall of 2009.  Construction is moving rapidly, due to to the slow economy, lots of resources have been readily available.

It will not be “empty” because Westwood Basics is moving over there.  Nearly 400 students have committed to moving with Westwood to become the new neighborhood school of Stonegate.  The defined attendance area is Stonegate, Portola Springs, and it is the alternative school to those in Woodbury who prefer and traditional calendar.  (Woodbury is year round.) 

My understanding is that for now, only the apartment homes will be built, and single-family homes won’t start until “sometime in 2010.“  Sierra Vista is the Middle School.  Northwood is the High School.

That is true. The WBP kids were asked to go over to Stonegate. ISM - so Mr. Machesky was your principal, eh? Yes, he’s at our school now.

Here is a link to some photos of construction progress. (Mr. M says he will go over there periodically, stand in the same spot, and take a photo so as to update everyone.) The ground-breaking photos are on there too. If you click on the Powerpoint presentation link at the bottom you can view the slides he presented to us about when it will open, what it will look like, etc.

Stonegate School

LOL, not WAS , IS our principal (too). This is my 11th year at WB+ and finally we get some real info on the move.  Are you new to Westwood?  Wait, you have a Kindergartner!  I’m new to this!  I’d love to see a map of the area/Stonegate.  That’s how I got here, looking for that.  Well, thanks.