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Board Hears Coop Architecture Plan to Remodel High School Science Labs; Option C Favored
Summary
Coop Architecture presented a plan to renovate 1960s-era high school science classrooms, proposing three options and recommending a hybrid (Option C) that increases classroom size, moves restrooms to improve plumbing efficiency, adds prep rooms and collaborative space, and carries a 10% contingency because of plumbing unknowns.
Coop Architecture outlined a plan to renovate Brookings High School's aging science classrooms, emphasizing a hybrid approach the architects said best balances classroom flexibility and construction impact.
The firm presented three tiers of work and said Option C, a hybrid that enlarges several classrooms so they can serve as both lecture and lab space, received the most positive feedback from staff. "This option C was, out of the 3, the one that had most positive comments back and was the direction that it seemed like everyone wanted to go," Jason Khan, an architect with Coop Architecture, said.
Superintendent Schultz and board members discussed scope details, including removing existing casework, cabinetry and plumbing to reconfigure walls and create larger rooms. Schultz introduced newly hired…
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