July 14 Plan review

July 14 Meeting with Principal Sutton and Assistant Principal Brinker:
Mark-ups shown below were made during review meeting of the floor plans for the New Greenwood Middle School:

FIRST FLOOR 07/14/15

First Floor Plan adjustments discussed:

• Swap the Large Conference Room with an office to place Conf. room on outside wall
• Reduce the Clinic size and provide an enclosed workroom behind the Reception desk
• Mailboxes could be backloaded from this room and accessed from the Corridor
• 1st floor classrooms adjacent to the Admin Area will be Essential Skills Rooms. A Restroom and Changing Room will be provided with the Life Skills Room.  Laundry should be provided in the Life Skills area.
• The elevator should be moved to easier access location.
• The Work room may be eliminated and the space could be used for Itinerant Office
• The north team room on each floor will be a Resource Room.  An operable partition may be provided in the room to divide when needed.
• The south Team room will also have an operable partition to allow it to split in two when needed.
• Science rooms will be set up with a common lab in between 2 Science classrooms. Open ceilings?
• Typical classrooms will have storage cabinets along the back wall of the classroom. One of these will be a teacher's wardrobe unit, another will be a file cabinet. The rest will be general storage - all tall cabinets.
• An Athletic Director Office and AD secretary should be added near the south entrance.
• A Laundry Room should be added for athletics.
• Alternative Ed room should be provided in the room indicated as Head End. The Head End room (Corporation Technology Room) will be located on the 2nd Floor.
• Family Restrooms should be provided off the south side of the Commons.
• Locker rooms should have a PE Office in side adjacent to the door.  
• The Restrooms shown near the south entry should relocate to be more centralized to the Gym and split the locker rooms.
• A health room should be added near the South Gym entrance.
• A Gym curtain will be provided on the main Gym floor to subdivide the cross courts when needed.
• The Gym will be used for assembly. A screen and projector should be provided here.
• The bleachers of the Auxiliary Gym will extend the length of the court. they will likely only have 3 rows.
• A Janitors Closet should be provided adjacent to the Wrestling Room.
• The Band Room will likely relocate their existing sound system and instrument storage casework (these are both relatively new items).
• Band would like to have a 3rd Ensemble Room for up to 30 people. it was discussed that this function may be performed in the Corridor when required.

SECOND FLOOR 07/14/15

• FACS will be relocated to the east side of the building. The FACS setup 
• Computer Labs will be located where FACS is currently shown
• FACS and Art will surround the Industrial Tech Room. 
• Industrial Tech uses the Synergy module stations - 15 stations currently. A shop area should also be provided that at least matches their existing shop area.
• The corporation Technology Room will be located adjacent to the Media Center
• The Community Resource/Training Room will be located adjacent to the Media Center. This room may also serve as the Study Hall location, scheduling of this room will need to be coordinated.  
• A glass operable partition will split the Community Resource/Training Room  into 2 sections.
• Student lockers will be provided in the classroom wings on each floor. A total of 1,000 lockers is the goal for the project.