* Eunoia JC (EJC)

[Mumforlife]

phtthp:

mommyNg:

Just the physical building being delayed....

high-rise JC delayed by new LTA requirement

http://news.asiaone.com/news/education/ ... equirement

Yes but this is a breach of commitment by MOE. I understand because our children stay in schools v long hours, many parents take distance as a factor and this is also what moe has always suggested.

These parents and kids had a choice but chose it because of both location and programme. Their frustrations are understandable. We should put ourselves in their shores. Talk is easy but waking up an hour earlier is no joke. And staying late in j c 2 to study is common especially if one does not have a conducive home environment. Don't think we want that for our own children

[lee_yl]

Just read the newspaper report.


Ok, since it all started with the delay from SJI's side, then SJI should just relocate to Mt Sinai in 2017 and let the new JC students take over the Bishan ITE site as planned earlier.


SJI cannot blame anyone but their own tender process, so why make so many parties unhappy? :siam:

[KSP]

I’m sure MOE can find a holding school for these JC1/2 students. Like they been have doing for many Pri Schs during the upgrading in recent years.

[GiftedGem]

One consideration is having holding sch in Toa Payoh Rise ( near former TP Hospital and Caldecott MRT) . Used by St Nic and CHIJ Pri formerly.

[Nebbermind]

GiftedGem:

One consideration is having holding sch in Toa Payoh Rise ( near former TP Hospital and Caldecott MRT) . Used by St Nic and CHIJ Pri formerly.

Wrong configuration leh.
JC usually need lecture hall/theatre and adequately equipped labs.

[pirated]

Nebbermind:

GiftedGem:

One consideration is having holding sch in Toa Payoh Rise ( near former TP Hospital and Caldecott MRT) . Used by St Nic and CHIJ Pri formerly.

Wrong configuration leh.
JC usually need lecture hall/theatre and adequately equipped labs.

That's why they need mount Sinai

[phtthp]

however, the temp site at Mount Sinai only have 2 lecture Theatre : LT1 and LT2.


2 LT Not enough for the new JC (3 Secondary school students coming in, concurrently) hence need to renovate RJC campus next year 2016, to add in more facilities, so that come 2017 : they are ready for Year 5 pioneering batch students (born 2000)

But RJC campus here is very large : with many, many classroom available, big sprawling huge football field for outdoor Cca like softball, soccer, etc.
big, spacious air-con auditorium.

Many, many small container classroom also fully air con

[jetsetter]

jetsetter:

MOE probably didn't anticipate all the structural challenges?


Someone said it was due to the Thomson mrt line but that one cuts thru Bishan Park from Faber Garden/ Ai Tong, not under this Golf Academy.

It could be becos of the NS expressway next to it.

Someone also mentioned it is gonna be a tall green building designed by the GBTB architect is it true? Maybe he was asked to make changes to the design like reinforcements becos of the concurrent building of the expressway? Maybe they discovered tt plot of land is soft and swampy?

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Note: Blue = tunnel, dotted blue = semi-tunnel
New JC is at Sin Ming Ave/AMK Ave 1 right at the top of this map.

Here is roughly what we know:

- Tunnel that goes along Marymount Road starting from Toa Payoh Rise to Jalan Pemimpin
- Semi-Tunnel / Sunken Tunnel that continues on Marymount Road from Jalan Pemimpin to Sin Ming Avenue / Ang Mo Kio Ave 1
- Tunnel along Marymount Road/Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 starting from Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 to Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 / Ave 8

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I don't think it's fair to say there's been a \"betrayal of trust\" or \"breach of promise\" by MOE. There'll always be unforeseen surprises in building/construction, including the discovery of 700-year-old relics, sub-contractor that goes bust or sinkholes due to soil erosion.

Let's be more understanding.

Best is to do is what others here have suggested. Transfer elsewhere, or propose alternative suitable campus with proper LTs, Labs and track and field.

[GiftedGem]

Nebbermind:

GiftedGem:

One consideration is having holding sch in Toa Payoh Rise ( near former TP Hospital and Caldecott MRT) . Used by St Nic and CHIJ Pri formerly.

Wrong configuration leh.
JC usually need lecture hall/theatre and adequately equipped labs.

Oh yeah. Forgot this point. Was thinking of close proximity for these 3 schs to be near one another.

[Song22]

phtthp:

however, the temp site at Mount Sinai only have 2 lecture Theatre : LT1 and LT2.


2 LT Not enough for the new JC (3 Secondary school students coming in, concurrently) hence need to renovate RJC campus next year 2016, to add in more facilities, so that come 2017 : they are ready for Year 5 pioneering batch students (born 2000)

But RJC campus here is very large : with many, many classroom available, big sprawling huge football field for outdoor Cca like softball, soccer, etc.
big, spacious air-con auditorium.

Many, many small container classroom also fully air con

Not all 3 secondary schools, only the IP classes plus about 100 jae students (not sure if it is about 100 plus intake)