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1. Capacity <br /> The capacity of the middle school is recommended to be 700 students. <br /> 2. School Sites <br /> The middle school site is based on the NC Public School Facility Standards which <br /> requires that a middle school have a minimum of 15 usable acres plus one usable acre <br /> per each 100 average daily membership (ADM). Therefore the minimum school site for a <br /> 700 student middle school is 22 usable acres. <br /> 3. Classrooms and Associated <br /> Storage Basic School - 32,500 sq. ft. <br /> Tier 3 - Add 2,550 sq. ft. <br /> The Basic School includes classrooms at the upper end of the range provided by the State <br /> Department of Public Instruction. The larger classrooms allow technology to be <br /> integrated into the classrooms. Regular Classrooms are based on 1,000 square feet per <br /> classroom, science classrooms and Exceptional Education Classrooms are each 1,200 <br /> square feet per classroom. The Resource Rooms for Exceptional Education include two <br /> small rooms at 450 square feet each and two larger rooms at 600 square feet each. <br /> Workgroup Recommendation NC Public School <br /> (Sq. Ft) Facility Standards (Sq. <br /> Ft). <br /> Regular Classrooms (22) 22,000 18,700 - 22,000 <br /> Science Classrooms (6) 7,200 6,000 - 7,200 <br /> Exceptional Education 1,200 100 sq. ft. per student <br /> Classroom <br /> Exceptional Education 2,100 450 sq. ft. per room <br /> Resource Rooms (4) <br /> Total square footage for regular classrooms, science classrooms and exceptional <br /> education classrooms and resource rooms in the Basic School is 32,500 square feet. <br /> Included in Tier 3 for the middle school is 300 square feet additional storage. In addition <br /> three 750 square feet student project rooms (one for each grade level) provides space for <br /> students to work on special projects. <br /> Page 12 <br />