Here in the Northland Pines School District we have a great business partnership with CornerStone Custom Builders, INC. For approximately the past 30 years the NPHS Trades Class has constructed a house on site, then sold and relocated the house to its permanent site. About 7 years ago when the economy was at a decline and the school district budget was facing some tough times, this program was in jeopardy of being eliminated. CornerStone stepped up and saved the day and the program! The Northland Pines School District entered into a partnership with Cornerstone where they supply the materials for the house and assist in the design; in return the students build the home and enjoy the educational and real life opportunities. At the end of the building project CornerStone is responsible for the sale of the home and the moving it to its future site, relieving the school district of the financial burden of approximately $80,000 in materials, relocation expenses and the risk of the home not selling.
CornerStone offers an additional aspect to the program by allowing the students to see how the entire home manufacturing process works by bringing the students to the factory and showing them all of the stages of building a home for a client, from start to finish. This partership supports the NPSD expectations of rigor and relevance and allows students to work hands on with local businesses which not only includes CornerStone but also 12 other local businesses.
This week we are experiencing unusually nice warm weather here in Wisconsin, so the students are taking advantage of great construction weather and working diligently at finishing up the 2015 house! What a great opportunity for our students and what a great partnership.
Thank you to CornerStone Custom Builders for your commitment to our students, school district and community.
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