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Parents press board to expand Carmel Del Mar multipurpose room instead of altering library
Summary
Parents and PTA leaders asked the Del Mar Union School District to use bond funds to expand Carmel Del Mar School’s multipurpose room rather than raise the library floor to create a combined library/innovation center, citing repeated crowding and safety concerns at school events.
A months-long modernization plan for Carmel Del Mar School drew sharp pushback from parents and PTA leaders Thursday, who pressed the Del Mar Union School District to prioritize enlarging the school's multipurpose room rather than converting the library into a combined “library/innovation center.”
Parents said the existing multipurpose room is regularly over capacity for school performances and community events and described safety and accessibility problems. The district’s design team presented cost estimates showing that a full expansion of the MUR with associated seismic and structural work would add roughly $3 million to $5 million to the project budget, while a renovation that raises the library floor to create an adjacent library/innovation center would add about $1.4 million.
District staff and HMC Architects reviewed three cost options from the Facilities Master Plan: (a) complete modernization limited to classrooms, building envelope,…
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