Phase III  

Visioning Meeting

High School Input � West High � April 4, 2000

 

Our Slogan:

        Little town, big heart

        Where you want to be

        The future starts in the present-starts with us       

        Hate the game not the player

 

Our Image:

        City of music

        Kool Kids with Kool Ideas

        Big city

 

Our Reputation:

        Known for our musical talent

        Better achievement in schools

        Agriculture

        Better city pride

        Known as a cowboy city

        Hard working

        Music

        Try to eliminate the �dirty road� hick town stereotype

        Clean people

 

Business Environment:

        Better businesses that will provide work for the unemployed

        More good paying jobs

        More jobs for teenagers

        Higher minimum wage

        More entertainment (places to go for teenagers)

        Amusement/Water Park

        Encourage business to build on vacant lots within town

        More competition for car dealerships

        Ben and Jerry�s Ice Cream Parlor

        Tall skyscrapers with pool on top

        Bigger malls

        Fewer bars

        Fewer auto-repair shops

        Build a Krispy Kreme donut shop

        No more shoe stores

 

Arts & Culture:

        Art museums

        Cultural fair

        Foreign languages should be taught rather than Spanish (high schools)

        Bigger black history parade

        More rappers

        More art and music classes in schools

        Bigger and better museum

        No more Korn

        No more Buck Owens

 

Heart of the City:

        Art school

        Classical music

        Performing arts school

        Park with lots of trees

        Centennial Gardens

        Water park

        Amusement park

        A renovated downtown

        Giant fountain

        Develop Central Park

        Too many punk clubs downtown..more variety needed

        Cultural center

        Entertainment

        IMAX Theater

        Big sports stadium

        Old time looking Bakersfield

        Edwards, Pacific Theaters

        Valley Plaza

        West High

 

Our Values:

        Education

        Family

        Conservative

        Religion

        Staying clean

        No sex til marriage

        No divorces

        Parties

        To love one another

        More Christian radio stations and activities

 

Technology:

        Super computers

        Computers that affordable

        A more diverse economy that helps teens get a better�in order to start off higher than before

        More books for the school � New ones.

        More computers for those students that have the skills to work

        More jobs

        Completely automated public toilets

        Free cell phones

 

Transportation:

        GET bus

        Hovercraft

        Subway

        Cars that run on energy

        Monorail

        High speed rail

        VW Bugs as taxis

        Cooler bus with toilets

 

Biggest Change:

        No more trash

        Less drugs around our school

        More places where teenagers can hangout without getting in trouble

        More community involvement

        Better variety in clothes

        Better school parking

        Change name of Oildale

        Weather of our city

        Build new business structures downtown

        Extend 178 through Rosedale

        More lanes for traffic in Northwest Bakersfield

        Different transportation

 

Break Thrus:

        Better education in school

        Ski slopes-manmade

        Better music and performing arts education

        Clean environment

        Drug free environment

        No racism

        Cleaning E. Bakersfield

        More job opportunities for teens

        No pollution

        Roads and transportation outside and within Bakersfield

        Less money for gas since we live next to Elk Hills

        More clubs

        Better buildings

        More police

        YMCA

 

Looking back I�m most proud of�

        Making it this far without kids

        Making it this far without having sex!

        Making it this far

 

 

In our Community�s Future We Wanted and We Got

        Clean area

        More trees

        Recreational centers such as water parks, high paying jobs

        Higher minimum wage

        More fun activities

        Amusement parks

        More companies (bigger)

        More concerts

        Less fields and more buildings

        Lower gas prices

        More schools instead of jail

        Better shopping malls

        Faster speed limit

        Water parks

        Clubs, trees, parks, Black university

        Community painted murals

        Better & higher educated students

        More sports clubs

        Bigger & better parks and libraries

        Child care centers with cheaper prices

        Less grocery stores

        Better radio stations

        More scholarships for music students

        Professional choir

        Water Oarj �Hurricane  Harbor

        Nordstroms

        Baseball stadium

        Pro football team

        Bigger race track

        Amusement Park (not like Camelot, bigger)

        A bigger public skate park

        A performing arts auditorium like San Luis

        Build up and not expand into our agricultural area

        Maze craze

        More people being in high tech societies

        Art colleges in town

        Better water treatment

        Orphanage

        Higher paying jobs

        More fire stations � better police

        Architecture firms

        More high school funds

        Better theatre department

        NBA team

        Krisy Kremes

        More senior independence

        Mall with roller coaster

        Roscoe�s Chicken & Waffles

        Developed SE Bakersfield

        Paintball arena

        More jobs in technology

        More activities for teens so they won�t be on the streets

        More shopping areas in each housing area (lessen pollution)

        Concerts

        Brighter downtown

        Technical schools

        Fix up older schools

        Preserve agriculture in West

        2nd floor to the Valley Plaza

        Strong cultural center

        Art museum

        Better doctor insurance

 

In Our Community�s Future We Didn�t Want and We Didn�t Get..

        Promising careers for students that at the end, the career you chose is not worth a thing

        Teen pregnancy

        Money wasted on useless products such as water parks

        Homeless people

        BPD

        Higher gas prices

        Dusty fields

        Crime

        Poverty

        Pollution � air, water

        Gangs

        Low paying jobs

        Sex offenders

        Busted up roads

        Run down houses/apartments that take up space

        Trashy environment

        Urban blight

        High unemployment

        More freeways

        No more cows and hicks

        Less gangs (organizations)

        People moving here

        Dairy

        Tumbleweeds

        High dependence on Ag and Oil

        Old downtown buildings

        EB degradation

        Teen pregnancy � poverty

        Cowboys

        Criminals

        Pesticides

        No curfew for teenagers

        Haters

        Pollution from S.F.

 

 

Our Vision for Downtown

        Water parks

        Pro Team

        Teenage clubs

        Child care centers all around downtown

        Museum

        Libraries all around downtown

        University

        Sidewalks, Grocery store, police substation = Lakeview

        Big shopping Mall

        Theme Park

        College

        Park with beautiful garden

        Renovated art museum

        Monorail all around downtown area

        Big football/baseball stadium

        Outlet Mall

        Record stores

        Subway

        Retirement homes near 34th

        Day care

        Orphanage and additl rec. center for youth

        Lakeview:  re-urbanization, car wash, gun safety courses, high school, National Guard, hospital, casino, amusement park

        Central Park � Lake

        Upgrade Union Ave. � hotels

        New businesses � jobs- less poverty � urban renewal along Golden Stat Hwy

        34th Street/Columbus � recreational center like Marketplace

        New sports park, Water Park � S of Golden State

        Paint Ball Arena

        Water Park

        Teen Club

        Fill vacant buildings on California Ave.

        Re-do the river in park � expand Central Park

        New Hospital downtown

        Beale Ave.-destroy old buildings, �eye sores� � new business structures

        Preservation of older homes in area and renovation of land marks in our history � E of Beale

        Urban renewal E of Union on Truxtun

        Lakeview to Union:  Entertainment for teens, more street lights, more police activity, new housing, urban renewal, rec areas for young children