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Home My WebLink About1971-01-06 Proposed Third Junior High School for Lexington t, 4 4 PROPOSED THIRD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEXINGTON The final plans for the proposed new Junior High School are essentially the same as those to which Town Meeting gave preliminary approval in March 1970 The school is designed to house 900 students in grades 7 through 9, with no specific provisions for expansion The building will contain approximately 119,000 square feet, or about 133 square feet per pupil This is about the average size for junior highs built recently in the state By compari- son, the plan defeated by the Town in June 1969 contained about 137,000 square feet, or 152 square feet per pupil The new building will differ significantly in size from Diamond Junior High in only three aspects a larger library, which will be an integral part of classroom instruction , the addition of a learning center where students can work on individual projects, and the addition of three classrooms to meet new state requirements Permanent Building Committee Otis S Brown, Jr Luigi DiNapoli Robert G Hargrove, School Committee Representative Thomas G Taylor, Chairman Mary Louise Touart, School Committee Representative Robert V Whitman 6 January 1971 SITE The site of the school is off Marrett Road near Waltham Street, adjacent to town-owned conser- vation land The building will be placed on the hillside adjacent to the Franklin School property, while the playing fields will be spread out across the level portions of the site This arrange- ment has several advantages 1 All excavations are in locations where borings have shown there is no ledge 2 Soil from the excavations provides the fill necessary to develop the playfields , thus eliminating the need to bring in fill from off-site 3 Locating the building on a slope permits use of an economical three-story building with outdoor access on all three levels Principal access to the school will be from Brookside Avenue with secondary access from Allen Street A wide walkway, designed for use by emergency vehicles , connects these two entrance roads Clemantis Brook, which runs between the school building and the playfields , will be lined with stone and left open A simple wooden pedestrian bridge connects the building area and the playfields Special engineering consideration has been given to development of those playfields which overlay peat Initially, excess fill will be placed over the peat so as to accelerate settlement When the settlement is complete, the excess fill will be removed and the area graded This technique, called "surcharging" has been successfully used on many building and highway projects in eastern Massachusetts , SITE. 0 I. �� - .- • J. tO`Gt ~, � ior . ` 1 , , \ , \\, / �` `- i' `/ ''/ \ / � ,' ` __` `~ ___ T __- �-- -- "' 11 — --- . ~' ._/ , -_ -0 1 __ill." \ -___=.--_ - \ --- ` ` �^-_- � CE Ce l'/ -- �\ s -_ / -,` // { _. ` -'/ �, \ �� '',, -1// � -__^ '` ,\\ -- / � ----- --) I. 1.,,-------!--- cc x / / �--- \ \ ce .` I /` / // / /- .\ _~-.^ * / I:��/ 1 , ! -/ -' \ `` / '\ \ ` \ BUILDING 24 General Classrooms and 6 Science Classrooms Library-Instructional Material Center Home Economics , Wood and Metal Shops Learning Center, Music and Art Cafeteria, Gym and Locker facilities Health and Guidance rooms 500 seat Auditorium, divisible into three group instruction areas On the accompanying floor plans, the portion of the building at the top of each page faces out toward the playfields and Marrett Road, while the portion at the bottom of each page is built into the hillside The third (upper) level extends further back over the hillside than the two lower levels Each level has outside entrance at grade The levels are connected by two stair towers at either end of the building, and by two stair wells on either side of the lecture hall There is an additional staircase between the first and second levels at the main entrance near the gym As required by law for public buildings having more than one story, there is an elevator The lower levels contain the lecture hall , gym and lockers , dining facilities , special classrooms , and admin- istrative offices The general classrooms and the science classrooms are all on the third, or upper, level The classrooms for English and social studies are grouped around the library-instructional materials center, which contains study carrels and storage for books , slides, films , and other reference materials These classrooms , through use of movable partitions , can be completely enclosed as conventional classrooms , combined for larger groups , or opened into the library area The movable partitions are of heavy metal construction and are as soundproof as ordinary cinder block walls. 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