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Architects outline options after early feasibility study of Elizabethtown Area High School
Summary
RLPS Architects told the Elizabethtown Area School District board on May 13 that early feasibility work has revealed complex sanitary piping, undersized classrooms under Pennsylvania Department of Education guidelines, and a large grossing-factor inefficiency; the study team will develop options and host a public town hall May 19.
RLPS Architects gave the Elizabethtown Area School District board an update May 13 on a feasibility study for the district's high school, saying the firm will present option packages this summer and ask the board for a direction in October. The presentation identified difficult-to-repair sanitary piping, multiple classrooms that do not meet Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) minimum square-footage guidance, and a building whose layout has a large non-program area that drives costs.
The update matters because district leaders are weighing whether to repair, renovate or replace major systems and spaces in a building that the architects estimate at about 433,000 square feet overall while the program — the portion used for instruction and student support — totals roughly 254,000 square feet. Those differences and the condition of mechanical and sanitary systems will shape proposed options and high-level cost estimates, RLPS said.
"We're here to talk about the feasibility study and give you an update to where…
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