Crittenden Middle construction

Current Projects

Outdoor Greening and Learning Spaces

It’s important that our schoolyards are flexible and dynamic spaces that support equitable, diverse learning and recreational activities, which enhance the physical and mental well-being of students and promote a connection to  our natural world. In the 2023-24 school year, MVWSD is embarking on creating outdoor greening and learning spaces at each school that will provide shade, plants and outdoor areas for learning and play. Click here to learn more about the process, timeline and community input process.

Locks

Beginning Nov. 27, 2023, the field gates will be locked during the school day as part of a new perimeter controls system. The public will continue to have access to school fields in the evenings and on weekends through a system of automatic locking/unlocking gates. For student and staff safety, it's very important for our school to limit points of entry during school hours. Additionally, staff members will be able to access classrooms and offices using key cards, instead of keys. If gates malfunction, call (650) 526-3248 x1004.

School Year 2022-23

Solar
Solar panels were installed in arrays on rooftops and on a structure over the auditorium parking lot on Rock Street.  Solar panels to save the district $600,000 annually in electrical costs.
   
Lighting
New lights and/or bollard style light posts were installed to illuminate pedestrians’ path of travel between campus and parking lots. The light locations were determined by photometric survey data. This additional lighting is an important safety measure for staff members and guests using the campus in the evenings and winter late afternoons.
 
Security Cameras
Security cameras in public areas were installed at all school sites as a way to increase safety for students and staff members by deterring misconduct and preventing vandalism. Members of the schools’ communities were engaged in a series of feedback meetings in Winter 2022.

Construction 2022

HVAC
Completed 2022
Aging HVAC units will be replaced. The existing HVAC system has already been updated to include MERV-13 filters, which is the highest-grade filter available for our units.

Paving
Completed Summer 2022
Due to damage from adjacent trees, a section of the existing asphalt parking lot off Middlefield Rd will be removed and replaced to provide a flat, safe surface.  We will try to save all trees but if the roots are too disrupted we may need to remove some of the trees. During construction, there will be no car entrance off of Middlefield Road. Sports Center parking will be accessible from Rock Street.

Electrical
The main breakers were replaced in Summer 2022 as part of the school's electrical upgrade.  

Crittenden construction projects postcard
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2020-21 Construction Projects

(Funded by Measure T)
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Measure T, the $259 million bond issue passed in 2020, included plans for a variety of projects that will increase safety, efficiency and provide for short-term growth at our schools. 

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HVAC
Replacement and improvements of HVAC equipment is scheduled for summer 2022. Our schools’ HVAC systems have been updated to include MERV-13 filters, which is the highest-grade filter available for our units, or air purifiers with filtration ratings at least as high as the MERV-13.   Additionally dampers on all of our units are open to full capacity and will pull in outside air.
 
Security
Improving perimeter fencing and adding gates to completely enclose campus and fields in order to secure campuses and make COVID screening more efficient. Fencing and gates would be ornamental metal to match existing at campus frontage and 6’ high chain link fencing and gates at property lines and back of campus.  The construction timeline for this project is Summer 2021.

The purpose of fencing is to control points of entry during school hours. It’s important to note that the public will have access to fields outside school hours. The intention is to secure campuses when students are present, and have gates open through a lock management system in the evenings and on weekends. 

Crittenden will get new six- foot ornamental metal gates on either side of the building 700 campus entrances, at the office building and at the Middlefield entrance to campus near the sports center. New chain link fencing at the Permanente Creek Trail side campus entrance.

Click here for perimeter fencing map (user friendly)
 Click here for Crittenden Community Meeting Presentation
Click here for MVWSD fencing concerns and answers

Solar
Solar work will take place in summer of 2022 due to rooftop arrays needing DSA approval. Some non-heritage trees will have to be removed to make way for the arrays, but MVWSD will replant two native trees for every one removed.

Lighting
New lights and/or bollard style light posts to illuminate pedestrians’ path of travel between campus and parking lots will be added. The areas of need are determined by photometric data. This additional lighting is an important safety measure for staff members and guests using the campus in the evenings and winter late afternoons. Project start: Fall 2021

Security cameras 
One of the projects identified in the Mountain View Whisman School District's Master Facility Plan and the Measure T Bond was the need for security cameras in public areas at all school sites as a way to increase safety for students and staff members by deterring misconduct and preventing vandalism. Members of the schools’ communities will engage in a series of feedback meetings through Jan. 2022 before the plan for security cameras is finalized.

Marquee Installation
The project consists of installation of the sign at the Middlefield Rd entrance as well as boring for conduit installation from new sign location. Project took place from late May to July 2021. Click here for a graphic of the sign.

Window Replacement
The District will replace existing, older single pane windows at Crittenden in 2022.

2017-19 New Innovation Center, Auditorium, Track & Field

 

(Funded by Measure G)

Summer 2019
This summer, Crittenden will begin a deferred maintenance re-roofing project. The covered walkways get new roofing, and some other buildings have various repairs.

One District-owned portable classroom were refreshed in Summer 2019, meaning they have new paint, carpet and whiteboards.

The school has a new sign in the front. This sign, paid for with Measure G funds, will include accurate school and district names. Funding for construction and capital improvements, like school signs, come from restricted funds that can be used only for that purpose. The District used an innovative approach to piggyback on existing, competitive local government contracts to lower the sign cost and expedite installation.

Completed projects:

New Library/Classroom Building complete in May 2017

New auditorium complete in May 2017

Permanente Creek Trail extension project (funded by the City of Mountain View) complete in 2018

New track and field complete in 2018

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