The Need to Expand

One needs only to take a brief tour of Westview School to understand the need for a new campus. Located in a leased facility built approximately 50 years ago for light industrial use, every inch of our current 10,000 square foot space is in use, much of it serving multiple purposes. For example, the stage and another small area in the auditorium are screened off during the day for classroom instruction—an adaptation that allows us to maintain small class size, but also creates the kind of distractions that should be minimized for students with learning differences and/or attention deficits.

Westview currently serves 100 students in grades six through 12, and has expanded its student body consistently over the last 15 years. Now there is simply no space to accommodate any additional students.

Demand for our program remains strong, as evidenced by the long and growing waiting list of potential students. Students who do not receive the kind of specialized education they require often remain in school districts unable to meet their needs, or are home-schooled and denied the important benefits of social interaction—situations that create delays in a student’s overall educational and social development. We know these are students who would greatly benefit from Westview’s unique educational program.

In early 2005, we were presented with an opportunity to expand. An ideal property two blocks from our present location came up for sale and our long-time dream of developing
our own campus came dramatically alive. The Board of Directors seized this opportunity and closed escrow on the property in April 2005. The Levitt Group, a local architectural
firm specializing in schools, has been hired to design the new facility.