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Home My WebLink About1969-01-16-PBC-rpt.pdf January 16, 1969 TO: Town Meeting Members FROM: Permanent Building Committee PROPOSED NEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEXINGTON This March, you, the Town Meeting Members , will be asked to appropriate $4,600,000.00 (according to professional estimates) for the construction and equipment of a new junior high school. The school, planned for 900 students and expandable in the future to 1200, is scheduled to be built on Marrett Road adjacent to Franklin School and town-owned conservation land, formerly the Swenson Farm. State School Building Assistance returns forty percent of this con- struction and equipping cost to the town. In this case , the return is $1,8+0,000.00 or about $91,000.00 a year, coming back over the life of a 20-year bond. In March, 1967, you voted $20,000.00 for initial plans for the school. Last March, you appropriated $125,000.00 for the preparation of the final plans and specifications which you will see tonight. Since that time, when the Permanent Building Committee sent a brochure on preliminary plans to every house in town in preparation for the vote, the plans have changed. The site and the building, have been under study and revision by the architects, site and soil consultants, and the Permanent Building Committee. They have restudied the site to take full advantage of the terrain and tightened the space within the building for greater economy. This re-evaluation began in March and ended only last month. In planning the school, the architects have made large group areas like the gym, cafeteria, auditorium and library adequate to hold the eventual 1200 students without alterations. Other areas are designed for 900 students, and a less costly classroom wing is all that is needed to pro- vide space for the projected 1200 when desired. The two-floor plan , encompassing 137,000 square feet, is conventional in design with the exception of the library area. This is an expanded space surrounded by open classrooms so that students will have direct access to the extensive research facilities of the library. English and Social Studies classes will be held here. This library-classroom area will be carpeted and treated acoutically. Not only does the area suit the program, but even with carpet and acoustics, the cost is less than the conventional halls and walls which usually separate a library from its adjacent class- rooms. Site barriers of movable walls and bookshelves will enclose the classroom areas but still give easy access to library facilities. The building will be constructed of poured concrete and concrete block with steel frame window sash. Its exterior will be of grey-biege split rib con- crete block. Playing fields will include two, boys' baseball diamonds, a football field, a soccer field, a girls' softball field and girls' soccer field combined with a lacrosse field. January 16, 1969 TO: Town Melting Members Association FROM Lexington School Committee NEED FOR A NEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL On October 4, 1968, the enrollment in Grades 9 - 12 in the Lexington Public Schools was 2,704 students. This figure exceeds the student capacity of the high school (2,700) one year earlier than expected. the need to transfer the ninth grade from the high school to the junior high schools is critical as projected enrollments of 3,000 or more pupils in Grades 9 - 12 exceed the capacity of the high school (2 ,700) through the seventies. Without this school, as projections below indicate , we are faced with the pros- pect of double sessions for an extended period of time. This additional building 1.s also needed to enable us to maintain the quality' of our program at the second- ary level. 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