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The first option one is very similar to what was presented to the workshop group with that combination gym cafeteria where the cafeteria serves as the stage so the gym is the house to the theater if you will and that's all new together on the main level and you can see it just takes up more space because the cafeteria and gym are the largest areas. If you leave the cafeteria where it is and renovate it in option two and provide a smaller stage for the gym still allowing performance to happen on the main level you get a smaller footprint and so that is the option two here and again option three showing kind of just book ending costs because there's going to eventually be costs associated with these that we have renovated area, new building area and sometimes those complexities of renovations can be more expensive or nearly as expensive as building new so that's where option three and option four for Glen Ridge come in just to provide that book end so you can see what that cost could be not suggesting that that's what you want to do or that you should do but just to give you a sense of what it would cost to build brand new. So just looking at some of the challenges at the high school similar to the elementary, those right size classrooms and the specialized learning spaces such as geometry and construction and robotics.
If you leave the cafeteria where it is and renovate it in option two and provide a smaller stage for the gym still allowing performance to happen on the main level you get a smaller footprint and so that is the option two here and again option three showing kind of just book ending costs because there's going to eventually be costs associated with these that we have renovated area, new building area and sometimes those complexities of renovations can be more expensive or nearly as expensive as building new so that's where option three and option four for Glen Ridge come in just to provide that book end so you can see what that cost could be not suggesting that that's what you want to do or that you should do but just to give you a sense of what it would cost to build brand new. So just looking at some of the challenges at the high school similar to the elementary, those right size classrooms and the specialized learning spaces such as geometry and construction and robotics. Also looking at how we can come up with some more collaborative flexible spaces and looking at the quality of those spaces as well and making sure that the spaces are as good as possible. Looking at the adjacent C's and those circulations and also making sure that we can get a storm shelter at the high school.
Also looking at how we can come up with some more collaborative flexible spaces and looking at the quality of those spaces as well and making sure that the spaces are as good as possible. Looking at the adjacent C's and those circulations and also making sure that we can get a storm shelter at the high school. So here we have the CTE wing addition at the high school so the colored boxes there in the middle is the addition so on the left of that main image is the edge of Adzic field. We have the back drive right adjacent to that that we're protecting just for circulation, fire lane access. On the right is the gray area that is your existing school so we're looking at a one story addition there in the middle. We went through some iterations with the workshops but right now we've got a one story addition. Start at the top there we have the pre-engineering space that will reuse that existing classroom. Below that is the shop area, reuse that as well and that purple box there in the middle that is the new addition for the geometry and construction space so having that direct adjacent C to the shop and pre-engineering is important and then switching over to robotics there in the green having a 27 by 54 practice field in there and an area for robot staging and working on the robots as well.
Start at the top there we have the pre-engineering space that will reuse that existing classroom. Below that is the shop area, reuse that as well and that purple box there in the middle that is the new addition for the geometry and construction space so having that direct adjacent C to the shop and pre-engineering is important and then switching over to robotics there in the green having a 27 by 54 practice field in there and an area for robot staging and working on the robots as well. Below that in the yellow is a connection corridor from the math wing through that existing corridor and having also a dedicated vestibule entrance off that back drive and then the three blue spaces that you're seeing below that having a dedicated space for large storage area, have all their equipment in that space, a classroom setting and then to the left of that is a CTE classroom or a flex classroom that could be used for robotics or different needs and then we are proposing to demolish two existing math classrooms so that's the red dash box so we'll have to relocate one math classroom in that addition and the other on the existing building on the north side there. Some other things that we're looking at is the school store at the main entrance of the school so that's the center image there on the left.
Below that in the yellow is a connection corridor from the math wing through that existing corridor and having also a dedicated vestibule entrance off that back drive and then the three blue spaces that you're seeing below that having a dedicated space for large storage area, have all their equipment in that space, a classroom setting and then to the left of that is a CTE classroom or a flex classroom that could be used for robotics or different needs and then we are proposing to demolish two existing math classrooms so that's the red dash box so we'll have to relocate one math classroom in that addition and the other on the existing building on the north side there. Some other things that we're looking at is the school store at the main entrance of the school so that's the center image there on the left. Right off the main entry there high visibility, heavy traffic right next to the auditorium so having a glass display to display all your school gear. It does take over the hound's grounds so we'd have to relocate that to the bottom level of the commons area and then something else that you're not seeing on the screen is the performing arts work. We've got some renovations included in that as well so looking at the! We have a new HBAC noise in the back area for band, orchestra and choir.