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As we continue making exciting progress on our district’s Master Facility Plan, we are entering an important design phase for the upcoming renovations at both Harman School and Smith Elementary. As part of this process, we are exploring the use of a temporary modular campus at Katharine Wright Park to ensure a smooth learning environment for our students throughout construction. 

To ensure our schools support safe, efficient traffic flow and drop-off and pick-up routines during construction, our civil engineering partners at The Kleingers Group will soon be conducting a traffic study around both campuses. You will see temporary data-collection cameras installed around Harman and Smith Schools over the next two weeks.

We understand that seeing camera equipment near our school campuses can naturally raise questions, and we want to be completely transparent about how this data is being collected. The camera units are temporary,  low-resolution optical counters that measure vehicle volume, traffic directions, and pedestrian patterns. They do not record audio, and the visual quality is intentionally kept low so that faces, license plate numbers, and personal details cannot be identified. While the wide-angle view may capture portions of surrounding buildings or properties in the frame, the cameras are positioned strictly for traffic data collection and are not intended to monitor those areas. They are strictly engineering tools used for traffic planning, not police or surveillance cameras. All videos are kept securely on the engineering team’s private network, used solely for traffic design, and will never be shared with law enforcement or outside groups.

Our priority throughout this facility initiative is to create safer, more functional environments for our students while keeping our community informed every step of the way. When you notice these temporary cameras in the surrounding school area, you can feel confident that they are simply helping us design smoother school routines for our families. Thank you for your continued partnership and support in this important project for our district.

There is nothing like Friday night football at Mack Hummon Stadium to bring our community together. To ensure every game is a safe, welcoming, and fun experience for our fans, Oakwood City Schools has updated our stadium guidelines for our varsity home football games. 

We ask that all students, families, and guests review these updated expectations before attending a game:

• Stay in Designated Areas: Access to the adjacent baseball and softball fields behind the visitor stands is closed off during all home football games. All attendees must remain within the main football stadium area.
• Maintain Respectful Behavior: Respectful behavior and good sportsmanship are expected from all attendees toward peers, staff, officials, and guests at all times. The Student Code of Conduct applies to students at all district events.
• Report Concerns: Look out for one another. Anyone who notices concerning behavior should report it immediately to a staff member or public safety officer.

Thank you for partnering with Oakwood City Schools to keep our football games enjoyable and focused on celebrating our students. Go Lumberjacks!

Oakwood Schools is moving forward with Phase 2 of our Master Facilities Plan, with design work officially underway for major renovations at Smith Elementary and Harman School.

At its Aug. 3 meeting, the Board of Education approved contracts with Ruscilli Construction Co. as Construction Manager at Risk and Levin Porter Architects as the Architect/Engineering firm for the renovation project. Levin Porter has begun 3D scanning both buildings to assist with design, and stakeholder engagement is already in progress with building leadership.

To minimize disruption to the learning environment, the district is investigating the use of a temporary modular campus at Katharine Wright Park, the city-owned green space between Smith Elementary and Wright Memorial Public Library. Utilizing modulars would allow construction crews to work uninterrupted, shortening the renovation timeline at each building from 26 months (three summers and two school years) to 14 months (two summers and one school year). As part of this evaluation, the district will conduct a traffic study at Smith and Harman shortly after the school year begins.

Additional Phase 2 progress is also underway. The board recently approved a contract with Prodigy Building Solutions to complete safety improvements at our baseball and softball fields.

To learn more about Phase 2, review project timelines, and get details about the proposed modular campus, please visit our Master Facilities Plan webpage.