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Olathe highlights Santa Fe Trail Middle School’s new building, student-led Cyclone resource center and districtwide ‘Olathe Student Cares’ program
Summary
Principal JJ Leibel presented Santa Fe Trail Middle School’s new building features, student-led community projects and a Cyclone resource center that includes donated clothing, food and laundry facilities; district leaders said the program is expanding to other schools.
Principal JJ Leibel told the Olathe School Board that Santa Fe Trail Middle School’s move into a new building has expanded learning spaces and student opportunities while preserving the legacy of the old school.
Leibel said the new facility includes a larger library, flexible learning pods with interactive AV screens, an auditorium that seats about 460 people, a pool used by Olathe North, makerspace, art and tech-ed spaces, and a commons area that preserves legacy elements such as the old gym floor. He described flexible breakout rooms and expanded band and orchestra locker areas that free classroom space.
The presentation focused on “opportunity for all,” Leibel said, and included school…
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