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Project Updates
Construction updates Feb 2022 - MPG Building starting to rise up!
The new Multiple Pathways to Graduation building is rising out of the ground.
In the center of the site you will see a large crane that will be in place throughout construction.
The team has completed the mass excavation of the site and it's almost complete with the parking lot walls and floor.
They have started to lay the formwork for the Post Tensioned slab that will be the first floor of the building, which will be poured in the next couple of weeks.Construction updates Oct/Nov 2022
Excavation and site work is well underway on the site and the building footprint is starting to take shape.
You can start to see where the parking garage will be located, including the driveway and new entrance. A tower crane will be set in place in mid-November to assist with construction efforts.
MPG is designed to be a Mass timber and steel building and is planned for LEED Gold certification. Construction will take place over the next two years and the MPG building will open in the fall of 2024 at the same time as Benson Polytechnic. See the latest MPG Building construction photos here.
MPG (DAG) Meetings
The goal of the Multiple Pathways to Graduation (MPG) Design Advisory Group DAG was to develop comprehensive, equitable, integrated and visionary high school campus plans and schematic designs.MPG DAG 1_Summary Notes 5-20-19
MPG DAG 2_Summary Notes 11-7-19
MPG DAG 3 Summary Notes 12-12-19
MPG DAG 4 Summary Notes 1-9-2020
MPG DAG 5 Summary Notes 1-29-2020
MPG DAG 6 Summary Notes 2-27-2020
MPG DAG 7 Summary Notes 6-03-2020
MPG DAG 8 Summary Notes 10-07-2020
MPG DAG 9 Summary Notes 11-12-2020
MPG DAG 10 Summary Notes 12-14-2020
MPG DAG 11 Summary Notes 5-13-2021
MPG DAG 12 Summary Notes 2-8-2022MPG Groundbreaking email ESP
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Español | Tiếng Việt | Русский | Soomaali | 中文Multiple Pathways to Graduation (MPG) Mission
The Multiple Pathways to Graduation (MPG) Mission is to “provide educational options for all youth that empower, engage, and prepare them for college, work training, and global citizenship while serving as a vanguard for systemic educational change.” As part of the Benson Polytechnic Modernization project, a new stand alone building is being designed and constructed on the Benson campus to support the diverse and specific needs of MPG programs and students.
MPG Programs relocate during construction
In order to increase safety and project efficiency, all students and staff will be temporarily relocated during construction:- Benson staff and students, including Pioneer High School programs, will relocate to the Marshall Campus on SE 92nd Ave.
- PISA will relocate to the Madison High School Campus.
- Alliance High School, Reconnection and DART/Clinton will relocate to the Kenton Campus.
- Evening & Summer Scholars will relocate to Grant High School.
School Board approves moving Alliance at Meek to MPG Building
On June 25, 2019, the PPS School Board approved resolution 5910 that calls for moving Allience at Meek into the new MPG building at Benson when it is completed in the fall of 2024. View the full PPS Board resolution here.School Board supports expanded Benson modernization plan
Updated Benson Master Plan dated 3/13/19 was approved by the School Board on 3/19 - board resolution 5859. This expansion included the creation of a separate MPG building.
