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Design team backs "Option 5" as preferred natatorium plan; board hears cost, schedule and tradeoffs
Summary
The Board heard a feasibility presentation for a new Greenwich High School natatorium. Design teams and committee members identified Option 5 as the front-runner because it allows a new on-campus facility to be built before the current pool is decommissioned; estimated schedule targets construction around 2027 and the presentation cited order-of-magnitude costs and temporary-pool alternatives.
Design professionals presented a feasibility study for a new Greenwich High School natatorium and identified Option 5 — an on-campus new facility sited near the tennis courts with raised deck and upper-tier seating — as the committee's preferred solution.
Lisa Yates of Antonacci Associates and Mike Fortuna (TLB Architects) walked board members through multiple options evaluated against an educational specification and a scorecard. The team described site constraints (historic fill soils, utilities, and a retention basin), program needs (competitive swim lanes, shallow water for electives, movable bulkhead) and safety requirements (headroom for water polo and…
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