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Space Type Category: Administration Back to Top
The administrative office suite will oversee and coordinate all activities at the school. The public reception/welcome center should be near the drop-off and front of the school. Since all campuses need to be secured, this is the only point of entry at the exterior perimeter for visitors. The public must enter here before being allowed on the campus. Visitors will then be permitted on campus through the student reception area.
The administrative offices should be located to allow visual supervision of vehicular traffic at the campus and the pedestrian traffic coming onto campus. It would be clear from the front of the school where the administration building is. Signage should be visible, readable and easy to understand. To further enhance the “Learner Centered” environment, student work should be prominently displayed in the reception area and adjacent student gallery.
Space Type Category: Kindergarten Instructional Community Back to Top
Each of the Kindergarten Instructional Communities will also include transitional kindergarten instructional space. The Kindergarten Instructional Community should be configured to allow this grade level to be kept together as an autonomous unit within the larger campus structure with restrooms, outdoor learning environments and play areas easily accessible to all community learning studios.
The Kindergarten Instructional Community should promote instructor collaboration and help advance the feeling of a professional learning environment among the community. Ideally, the Kindergarten Instructional Community is located with easy access to a parent drop-off/pick-up area which is separate from the school’s main drop-off/pick-up area.Space Type Category: Grades 1–5 Instructional Community Back to Top
The teaching spaces are classrooms that will foster a collaborative environment, further the goals of the Common Core State Standards and the implemention of Next Generation learning. The spaces will be connected to one another through the addition of transparency with interior windows and operable walls or large doors (perhaps overhead). Each classroom will include access to a collaboration room able to accommodate up to 8 persons.
The interior furnishings should be flexible and easy to reconfigure in a variety of arrangements to support various combinations of learning from individual and small group to collaboration spaces and testing. Wireless technology and connectivity will be implemented throughout with the goal of one-to-one personal devices able to tie into various output devices becoming the norm.
The intent of the instructional communities is to include outdoor learning spaces. New energy efficient units can be added to each classroom to upgrade the outdoor learning patios with low level enclosures, moveable furniture and overhead weather protection.
Space Type Category: Grades 6–8 Instructional Community Back to Top
Each grade level is housed in a separate learning community. The teaching spaces are primarily classrooms that will foster a collaborative environment, further the goals of the Common Core State Standards, and the implementation of Next Generation learning. The spaces will be connected to one another through the addition of transparency with interior windows and operable walls or large doors (perhaps overhead).
The interior furnishings should be flexible and easy to reconfigure in a variety of arrangements to support various combinations of learning, from individual and small group to collaboration spaces and testing. Wireless technology and connectivity will be implemented throughout with the goal of one-to-one personal devices able to tie into various output devices becoming the norm.
Space Type Category: Multi-Purpose Building Back to Top
Multi-Purpose Rooms should be large enough to accommodate 400 to 500 students. The main multi-purpose space will be acoustically designed primarily for musical performances and able to be divided and acoustically sound-attenuated for events to occur simultaneously. Seating will be a combination of retractable theatrical seating and movable chairs. A stage shall be directly adjacent to the multi-purpose room, as well as general storage for chairs and equipment. The music instructional space shall be directly accessible to the stage and incorporate support spaces for instrument storage and cleaning (sink needed). The ceiling height should be a minimum of 12 feet.
The Multi-Purpose Building will also incorporate the food service function for the campus. The serving area for the food service should be connect directly to an outdoor covered eating area. Additional spaces that may be considered part of the Multi-Purpose Building depending on its location on campus is an office for Physical Education (120 square feet), an office for Maintenance, and storage for outdoor play equipment.
Space Type Category: Learning Commons Back to Top
The Learning Commons should be centrally located as possible. This Educational Specification is intended to fit within the space of two standard classrooms. It is envisioned that the Learning Commons will be the social hub to the campus able to accommodate small group collaborative learning, large group lectures, or individual learning opportunities. The furniture, including the book storage shelving, shall be flexible and easily reconfigured to accommodate the variety of activities that the Learning Commons will provide. Wireless technology and connectivity will be implemented throughout with the goal of one-to-one personal devices able to tie into various output devices becoming the norm.
A control and help desk shall be directly adjacent to the entrance to the Learning Commons and a small office and work area should also be included within the space.
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