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ESTES HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL <br />CURRENT CONDITIONS: 14 <br />• Two mobile units on -site housing Pre -K and a science room <br />• Most classrooms are 28 to 33% smaller than the current School <br />Construction Standards program <br />• Program deficiencies, including 4 smaller classroom spaces, <br />administration and staff support spaces <br />• Classrooms in the 1957 building exit to exterior breezeways and <br />are not secure <br />• Aging mechanical system <br />• Queuing forces stacking in the public right of way <br />Year Built: 1957 <br />Additions: 1986, 1998 <br />Last Renovation: 2011 <br />Area: 58,442 <br />Acres: 33.1 <br />Student Capacity (per SAPFO): 527 Students <br />2013 ADM: 499 Students <br />Construction: Load - bearing CMU walls with brick veneer & <br />built -up roof over a poured - gypsum deck. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />• Provide an administration addition at front to provide necessary <br />staff space as well as a secure main entry <br />• Classroom wing deconstruction and addition at rear of the <br />school including Pre -K classroom <br />• Enclose breezeways to connect all classrooms with interior <br />corridors <br />• Realign the parent drop -off and combine the bus loop with <br />Phillips Middle School to eliminate stacking on Estes Drive <br />• Connect internally most of the campus <br />• Eliminate mobile classrooms <br />• increase capacity by 58 seats <br />_ ARCHITECTS <br />I WEL HILL <br />ARRBORO <br />