Betty Jane Community Learning Center
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(formerly Betty Jane Elementary School)

Grades: K-5, IPP Classes
Colors: Blue and Gold
Mascot: Owl
Average Class Size: 22
Average Enrollment: 475; Annex: 60
Design Enrollment: 450
Principal: Teresa Kossuth
Learning Center Assistant Principal: J. Craig Wendt

Dedication
The dedication ceremony took place on Thursday, March 6, 2008. Students began attending school in the new building on January 9, 2008.

Groundbreaking
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on Wednesday, June 7, 2006. Click on the link to the right to view highlights.

Betty Jane's Master Facility Plan
The new Betty Jane Community Learning Center includes classrooms, large activity spaces and physical activity areas for 450 students, including four kindergarten classrooms, 18 classrooms for grades 1-5 (including ISS) and several special education tutoring spaces. Each classroom includes overhead digital projectors, marker boards and cabinet storage. Students will learn in a light-filled physical environment that is comfortably heated and cooled with state-of-the-art mechanical systems. Large-group activity spaces include a gymnasium and dining hall that can also be used for testing, community meetings and awards ceremonies. A stage is attached to the dining hall and equipped with performance-quality sound and lighting systems. Special spaces include art and music classrooms and a media center/LRC. Every room includes technology that connects to the larger world. Behind the new CLC will be a large playground and activity fields for kids to burn off all their extra energy. Children can play in a setting that is safe and fun.

Architects
All designs are the work of an architectural firm from one of six firms, which comprise the Akron Architectural Group. AAG architects work with Akron Public Schools architects on each site. The architectural firm designing the Betty Jane Community Learning Center is Hasenstab Architects. John George is the Akron Public Schools liaison.