Monday, August 3, 2015

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.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Conceptual floor plans

THE PLANS BELOW ARE CONCEPTUAL PLANS USED TO ESTABLISH GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SIZES OF SPACES INCLUDED IN THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.  AS THE DESIGN PROGRESSES THESE SPACES MAY SHIFT AND RESHAPE TO ADDRESS DESIGN GOALS, ETC.


SITE PLAN


FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN