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Board leans to a shelled second floor at Eustace Elementary to balance cost and flexibility
Summary
After hearing four design and capacity options for the new Eustace Elementary campus, the Lake County School Board signaled support for option 3 — building for 650 student stations with a shelled second floor — to preserve future flexibility while limiting immediate cost and site congestion.
District facilities staff and outside consultants presented four design options for the new Eustace Elementary site and recommended the board give direction so design fees and preconstruction work can proceed. The options were: reduce the campus core to 650 student stations, build a 650-station campus structurally designed for a future second floor, build a 650-station campus and shell a second floor (plumbing, wiring and structure installed but interior finishes left for a later phase), or construct the full 750-station campus now.
Consultants said option 1 (reducing the core…
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