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K -12 Master Plan Lexington Public Schools 2. Recent Facilities History With the exception of ongoing maintenance and repair work, the most significant recent improvements to Lexington's school buildings have been the major projects which followed the prior Master Plan prepared in 1997. The facilities work which followed that effort include construction of two new elementary schools, renovation and expansion of the two middle schools, and renovation and expansion of the High School. The major elementary school work consisted of constructing replacement school buildings for the Fiske and Harrington Elementary Schools. As a result of this, the Old Harrington building became available for other uses, and currently houses Central Administration and related functions of the Lexington Public Schools. The four other functioning elementary schools received no significant work, and they continue to function with ongoing maintenance and repair and selective system upgrades. However, they have never undergone major renovations and are due for major renovation or replacement. This was the subject of the K -5 Master Plan prepared in 2006, updates to which are presented in this report. Both the Clarke and the Diamond Middle Schools received major renovations and expansions pursuant to the 1997 Schools Master Plan. However, in both cases the scope of work was significantly reduced from what was recommended in the Master Plan, by 12,000GSF and 16,700 GSF at Clarke and Diamond respectively. Modular classroom installed to accommodate the construction were left in place and remain at the Diamond School. Capacity questions in this regard are discussed in this report. Major renovation and expansion work was completed at the High School in 2002. However, some significant items of recommended work were not included in those renovations. Notable items in this category include major mechanical system components, which were deemed not to have exceeded their useful life and therefore not to be in need of replacement at the time. Many of those items and system components are now beyond their life expectancy and are in many cases non - functional or marginally functional. In addition (as described more fully elsewhere), actual High School enrollments have exceeded the design enrollments, which were based on projections developed as part of the 1997 Master Plan. As a result, the High School has significant current space needs. Design Partnership of Eamhridga