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Design team presents two options to replace 100-year-old Eustis Elementary; community raises traffic and neighborhood concerns
Summary
Architects and the district's construction manager presented two alternatives to replace century-old Eustis Elementary: an on-site, historic-preserving renovation with complex phasing, or a new-build prototype adjacent to Eustis Middle School that shortens construction but raises site-prep costs.
Design teams from Schenkel Schultz and Klima Weeks, supported by construction manager DACG, presented master-plan options for replacing the century-old Eustis Elementary School and asked the board to give direction on preferred site and phasing.
Option 1 ("South" / on-site) preserves the historic north-facing public face of Building 1 while reconfiguring circulation, absorbing part of Salem Street to connect both sides of the campus and adding new one- and two-story classroom wings. The on-site concept would require substantial phasing choices: (a) build a temporary portable campus on-site (roughly 30—40 portables), (b) phase construction and swing classrooms on-site, or (c) move students temporarily to an off-site swing space (Curtwright campus). The…
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