Imagine International Academy of North Texas Officially Breaks Ground

IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

MCKINNEY, TEXAS – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011

To celebrate the arrival of Imagine International Charter Schools to the city of McKinney, a special groundbreaking ceremony was held onsite on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. The project is expected to be complete during the summer of 2012 and will be ready for classes to begin in fall 2012.

In attendance were Mayor Brian Loughmiller; Representative Ken Paxton; Dennis Bakke, President and CEO of Imagine Schools; Alan Olkes, Executive Vice President of Imagine Schools; Don Gaskins, Principal of Virginia & Jordan, LLC, the owner and developer of the project; Ann Carrell, Imagine School Board President; Nancy Intrator, Imagine School Secretary and Vice President; Michael Domingue, Imagine School Board Member; Jeanne Domingue, Imagine School Community Relations Coordinator; Deborah Tomaszewski, Director at Friends of Imagine International Academy of North Texas; Julia Brady, Central Administration Officer at Imagine School; Dave Gigger, UEB Builders Project Manager; Mike Thorne, UEB Builders Superintendent; Kyley Harvey, UEB Builders Principal; Mark Vander Voot, Principal at HKS; Brian Nelson, Project Manager at HKS, as well as future students and parents, .

 UEB Builders is serving as General Contractor for the project and is working in partnership with HKS Architects and Virginia & Jordan, LLC.

About Imagine International Charter Schools

Founded in 2004, Imagine International Charter Schools is a full-service operator of public charter school campuses that partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment and exemplary character. For more information, visit www.imagineschools.com.

About HKS, Inc.

HKS, Inc. is a leading architectural design firm ranked among the top five architectural engineering firms, according to Building Design+Construction magazine, and among the top 11 architectural firms, according to BD World Architecture magazine. Since its founding in 1939, HKS has completed construction projects totaling more than $69 billion in more than 1,069 cities located in 46 states, the District of Columbia and 65 foreign countries. The firm operates from 28 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.hksinc.com.

About Virginia & Jordan, LLC

Established in February of 2006, Virginia & Jordan, LLC builds quality schools to provide students with superior education suited to their individual needs. As owner and developer of the land in McKinney, Texas where the Imagine Charter School is being built, Don Gaskins, Principal of the company, will take the lead on the project. For more information, email Don Gaskins at donald.vjllc@gmail.com. 

About UEB Builders

With offices in Dallas and Scottsdale, UEB Builders serves a multi-state market specializing in urban and rural projects including education, community and critical access hospitals, hospital expansions, free standing emergency departments, clinics, surgery centers, imaging centers, lab facilities, medical office buildings, senior care and religious facilities. The company is known for cost-effective and hassle-free implementation of sophisticated design in a seamlessly integrated team process, as well as eco-friendly, LEED certified work. For more information, visit www.uebbuilders.com.