As FC students and staff head into the ’23-24 school year, more changes have been implemented on the school’s campus because of the Momentum campaign. Some alterations that were going to be prepared over the summer have been postponed, including the new modules for the math classes, the removal of the northwest playground, as well as additional parking.

Superintendent Jeremy Brown explains some of the upcoming changes. 

“The northwest playground will be removed, there will be additional parking all the way across,” said Brown. “Then we’ll move the existing room behind [that space].”

Brown believes that funding will not be a problem. However, there was a setback when the construction of the new playground took an extra year to be built. Despite the delay, there have been successful changes over summer break, involving the safety of students and staff.

Due to parental concerns, security cameras in the elementary and high school buildings along with security guards on campus are a new addition. A buzz-in system was added to the elementary building ensuring no one can walk on campus uninvited. 

Elementary teacher, Sara Karlson, explains how she is grateful for the new security guards.

“I really like having a security officer on campus because it’s another set of eyes on kids,” said Karlson. “It also provides more overall safety for the entire campus.”

The recent security changes were supposed to be in phase 3 but were moved into phase 2. This resulted from an off-campus

pedestrian walking into Building Five in broad daylight last year. Each phase is a series of campus improvements that are collectively part of the Momentum campaign. 

Brown hired Chief of Security Paul Ganzenhuber, who was recommended by PC pastor Matt Markarian. Ganzenhuber had already been working for People’s Church for the last three years. 

Security concerns were also highlighted when a hostile man walked into the People’s Church office and was verbally aggressive. There was nobody to escort him off the property, forcing the administration to realize they needed to hire a security team. 

Hiring security to be on campus during the school day is part of the solution.

“They eventually hired us to hopefully prevent anything from happening in the first place after this incident,” Ganzenhuber said.

With the Monumental campaign being implemented on our school’s campus, FC students and staff will continue to see changes on campus in the years to come.

To read more visit What is the Momentum campaign? or New teachers welcomed for 2023-24 school year