The James Logan Courier

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

Over the past few months, a giant blue structure has arisen from what once was flat parking on the corner of Alvarado-Niles and H Street. This building is to be James Logan’s new Performing Arts Center, and house new band rooms, a choir room, a drama room, practice rooms, a 599-seat theater with lowered orchestra pit, and upgraded performance technology such as lighting, video and sound recording, etc.).

In comparison, the Little Theater has around 300 seats, and the football stadium 4,050.

In the theater section of the new Performing Arts Center, there is a heating/cooling element under every other seat, and there is soundproofing throughout the building. On top of the Performing Arts Center are solar panels- part of Logan’s “going green”.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

Teachers at James Logan High School have been invited to begin a “re-imagining” process designed to give birth to a “school within a school” to open as a pilot program next fall.

“Logan has many strengths – its relatively high API score, award-winning forensics and band programs, diverse students and families, and committed teachers, administrators and staff,” said Joe Feldman, Director of Secondary Leadership for the New Haven Unified School District. “However, academic success is not enjoyed for significant percentages of the student population, particularly among African-Americans and Latinos.”

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

The Board of Education of the New Haven Unified School District will hold a special meeting Tuesday night to discuss student safety at James Logan High School.

The meeting will include a review of safety procedures and a discussion about the culture and climate of the campus. Attendees will be given the opportunity to meet in small groups that will include at least one Board member, a District administrator and a Logan administrator.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Educational Services Center, 34200 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City.