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Board reviews secure-entry concept for elementary school, authorizes staff to present plans to city
Summary
Designers presented a secure-entry addition for the elementary school, citing a roughly $488 per-square-foot construction estimate and a 15% contingency; the board voted to empower Mary to present the concept to the city and will return later to discuss budget and funding.
Designers from Widseth and architect firm Woodside presented concept drawings and a budget approach for a secure-entry addition at the Houston elementary school and the board voted to authorize staff to present the plans to the city for permitting.
Lindsay Krenz, an interior designer who said she works with Widseth, described the proposal as “a safe and secure entry addition to the existing building” on the school’s west side that would replace the current vestibule. She said the design would create an exterior door into a secure vestibule with a controlled interior door and a reception window for quick check-ins.
Carl Larson, an architect with Woodside’s Duluth office, said the team intends to match existing brick and stone details and to keep the roof massing low so the addition remains subordinate to the school’s second-floor windows. He urged the board to focus on…
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