Two libraries, designed and delivered inside a working school: the St Benedict middle school library and the St Scholastica elementary library, named for a brother and sister. I wrote the dedications for both.
Libraries
An underused classroom, functioning as a catch-all meeting room. I wrote and designed the proposal, pitched it, and raised forty-eight thousand dollars in six weeks. It opened in March 2026. It is more beautiful than the renders.
VK 001 · Capital project
The elementary library, paired with St Benedict's. A different age group, a different room, and a different argument about what a library is for.
VK 002 · Capital project
Roughly seventy-five thousand dollars raised across three years, on an official budget of two thousand five hundred over which I had no discretionary control. Every proposal written, designed and pitched myself.
The ratio is the story, not the total: radical resourcefulness in service of radical generosity.
Advancement
Our library has evolved from a space to simply find and return books, into a place of community, interaction, and learning. A place where parents, grandparents, teachers, and others call home.Administrator, 39 years in public and Catholic education
Library design, program development and advancement for schools and dioceses.
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