The Blue Valley School District is proud to be working on the development of the district's fifth high school. The purpose of this Web page is to help provide patrons with information on its progress.

To visit Blue Valley Southwest's Web site, click here.

Watch out - here come the Timberwolves! Blue Valley Southwest (BVSW), the district's newest high school, has chosen the Timberwolf as its mascot. The school's official colors will be forest green, black and silver. To read the full press release, click here.

Longtime Blue Valley educator Scott Roberts has been named Blue Valley Southwest High School principal.

• To read a letter from Dr. Tom Trigg, superintendent, click here.
• To read the press release, click here.

To download a list of Frequently Asked Questions, click here.

• Located at 175th and Quivira
• Approved in the 2005 bond issue
• Estimated capacity: 1,600 students
  • Similar in capacity to Blue Valley West, Blue Valley North and Blue Valley Northwest.
• 113 acres
• 300,000 square feet
  • This building is slightly smaller than Blue Valley West, but slightly larger than Blue Valley North and Blue Valley Northwest.
• Middle School #10 will be located on the same site and will open in 2011

• February 2008:
  • Site construction begins
  • Establish preliminary boundaries
• February 11, 2008:
  • Board of Education establishes preliminary boundaries
    • Information about the boundaries can be found on the Facility Planning Committee Web site
• Spring 2008: Building construction begins
• October 2008 (Note - The formation of this committee will be delayed until at least mid-November 2008):
  • Form BVSW Parent Advisory Group
    • Group will be led by the BVSW building principal when announced
• January 2009: Principal identified
• February 2009: Finalize student boundaries and senior option
• April 2009:
  • Mascot and colors determined
  • Hire Curriculum & Instruction Assistant Principal
• October 2009: Determine football classification and schedule as required by KSHSAA
• November 2009:
  • Coordinate School Improvement process
  • Identify 20 teacher key positions
• December 1, 2009: Deadline for declaration of senior option and transfers to BVW
• August 2010: School opens

• Continuity of district high school curriculum
• Comprehensive high school special education programming
• Advanced Placement and Honors courses
• Student Advisory (9, 10, 11, 12)
• Professional Learning Communities (PLC) as the process for school improvement
• Teacher, Team, School and District Interventions
• Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

• KSHSAA Classification will be large 4A or small 5A
• Plan to have all varsity sports and activities during the first year, including varsity football

• 8 sport practice fields
  • 2 baseball
  • 2 football (1 is synthetic)
  • 2 soccer
  • 2 softball
  • 1 lighted field for each sport at the time the high school is built
• 1 track
• 6 tennis courts
• A future sports complex is being planned but is not scheduled for construction at this time.  No additional field lighting will be built with the future sports complex.  The future sports complex will include a pressbox, spectator seating, restrooms, concessions, and may include additional parking. This arrangement is similar to Blue Valley West.
• 903 parking spaces, 36 handicapped spaces
  • Similar to parking at Blue Valley West
• Comparable in site plan to Blue Valley West