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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2013 STM(Nov 4th) Fund Funding Article 4:Appropriate for Authorization Committee Recommends Modular Classrooms at Requested Source the High School $7,700,000 GF(Debt) Approval (5-0) "This article would fund the purchase and installation of a number of modular classrooms at the High School to alleviate overcrowding in the existing classrooms." [Town Warrant] Current enrollment (as of October 1, 2013) at the High School is 2,021 students. That is a 9.7% increase over the 1,842 student capacity designed in 1997 for what would be the major renovation project approved by the Lexington voters on December 7, 1998, for excluded-debt financing, and was then accomplished in phases over many years. The enrollment projection for FY2016 is 2,154 students- 16.9% more than that designed capacity. The adverse impact on the educational environment from that enrollment growth, both current and projected, has been aggravated by the fact that 12 existing, general-education, classrooms have had to be repurposed to meet specialized programmatic and operational requirements. To accommodate those pressures, construction funds are being requested to purchase and install in two sets a total of 24 modular, Stretch-Energy-Code-compliant, classrooms & educational spaces in the next two years at the High School. (The design & engineering (D&E) for such an expansion was presented to, and approved by, the 2013 ATM under its Article 14(f).)While the construction funds being requested are the full appropriation estimated as needed for both sets of classrooms, each set would be independently bid. The area in which each set would go is constrained and would not readily accommodate simultaneous constructions, and forcing a single mobilization is not contemplated to offer any meaningful cost savings. The staggered availability is feasible as that supports when the associated special-educational enrollment will reach the High School. Each set would have a common roof covering its modular components. This work is considered only an interim relief to address current and anticipated student enrollment in the next ten years. The Schools' Master Plan includes a major reconstruction/replacement of the High School beginning in FY2021. The first set (to be ready for use in the fall of 2014) would have 15 of the prebuilt classrooms/educational spaces-10 classrooms for general education; 5 educational spaces for the graduates of the Clarke Middle School Intensive Learning Program (ILP)—with 16,501 Gross Square Feet(GSF)and be installed adjacent to and connected with the Arts &Humanities Building. The second set (to be ready for use in the fall of 2015) would have 9 of the prebuilt classrooms/educational spaces-2 classrooms for general education; 7 educational spaces for the graduates of the Diamond Middle School ILP—with 6,300 GSF and be installed between and connected to the Science and Math Buildings. If Town Meeting approves this request, the planned timeline for the first set in 2014 is for contract award in late January, site work beginning in early March, delivery of the modular units in late June, and Certificate of Occupancy in August. (It's expected that a similar timeline would apply for the second set in 2015.) 4