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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone just suggested that a new school could be built where the central library is.  Really?? That is outrageous to even consider taking away a public resource like that.[/quote]

There’s actually a lot of land there that could probably be designed to keep the library and build a school. So I could see that as a possibility [/quote]

It'd be tight. The land is jam-packed with soccer fields, baseball fields, tennis courts, volleyball courts, basketball court, playground, etc.

What is the smallest footprint that is feasible? Underground parking, multi-level. Could work but it'd be $$$. [/quote]

I don't know the answer on the footprint question, but IIRC, they don't have as much flexiblity to go multi-level for an elementary school as for a secondary school.  I believe state regulations are stricter for elementary schools about number of floors and distance to egress points due to fire safety.  After all, how long would it take to get a bunch of 6 yos down two flights of stairs in an emergency when they're scared and starting to cry?  I believe that's part of why Reed is designed the way it is, with all of the common space, specials and K/1 classrooms on the first two floors (pre-K and K on the first floor) so that those students will never have more than one flight of stairs to an egress point, and then the 2-5 classes are on the third and fourth floors in the tower.  Honestly, it's going to be a headache for those 4th and 5th graders to have to go up and down three flights of stairs to go to gym or library, and I imagine the administration will have to build lunch and specials schedules around minimizing travel time for upper grades.

Also, as you noted, it will be $$$.  Underground parking is expensive to build, and I believe once you get past two stories above ground, there are a whole bunch of additional structural requirements for fire safety (e.g., fireproofing around contained stairwells).[/quote]

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