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K -12 Master Plan Lexington Public Schools 1. Executive Summary This is the report of a PK -12 School Facilities Master Plan study conducted for the Lexington Public Schools by Design Partnership of Cambridge between September 2008 and January 2009. The purpose of this work is to provide a comprehensive set of recommendations for school facilities looking 10 years into the future. These recommendations are intended to incorporate previous recent facilities study work, including the Design Partnership ES master plan study of 2006, the GGD High School HVAC systems assessment of 2007 -08, and the 2008 Russo Bar roof assessment of all school buildings. The study and report are directed primarily to the 4 old elementary schools, the Lexington High School, and the old Harrington School currently used for Central Administration. As regards the elementary schools, the 2006 Master Plan study made recommendations for the long term total renovation, replacement or closing of the 4 older elementary schools. This report does not attempt to revisit that work except to note and assess the impact of changes in projected ES enrollments between 2006 and 2008. However, in light of the likelihood that it may be many years before funding is available to replace or totally renovate one or more of the elementary schools, this report identifies and prioritizes work that will need to be done for those older elementary schools that remain in service up to 10 years into the future. The estimated total cost of recommended scopes of work at 4 schools, undertaken according to the schedule put forth in this report (construction in 2010 and 2011) is approximately $19.5 million. As regards the Lexington High School, this report addresses two major categories of work needing to be addressed. One category is physical building deficiencies either not addressed by or that have occurred since the renovations completed in 2002. Major work in these categories include roof and HVAC systems work. The other major category of work is the need for additional space, resulting in part from enrollment growth that has occurred beyond what was projected when renovations were done, changes in space use and program needs, and from the fact that not all recommended work was included in prior renovations. The cost of the work has been calculated as if it would be undertaken as a single major capital project. A preliminary estimate of this cost is approximately $37.7 million, calculated to June 2012, which is the estimated mid -point of construction according to the proposed schedule. The recommendation of this study is to proceed with projects that address the short - term needs of the elementary schools and the long -term needs of the High School. Costs, implementation strategy and time -frame are addressed. Design Partnership of Eamhridga