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1. Capacity <br />2. <br />3. <br />The capacity of the middle school is 700 students <br />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 per <br />each 100 average daily membership (ADM). Therefore the minimum school site for a 700 <br />student middle school is 22 usable acres. <br />Classrooms and Associated <br />Storage <br />Basic School - 32,500 sq. ft. <br />Tier B - 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 />Local Basic Standards (Sq. NCPublic School <br />F1) Facility Standards (Sq. <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 Roonas (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 B 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 8 <br />