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Architect outlines fourth high school plans; board debates field restrooms, turf and colors
Summary
Architect Dirk Jeffrey and staff updated the board on schematic designs for the proposed fourth high school — a core capacity of 1,250 with expansion to 1,600 — and discussed site access, stadium adjacency, field restrooms/utilities, turf fields and a proposed purple/silver color scheme; staff set Aug. 22 design‑development and September site‑plan milestones.
VLK principal architect Dirk Jeffrey presented schematic designs for Frederick County’s proposed fourth high school at the July 23 work session, describing a compact three‑story classroom wing and a schedule that would put earthwork on site about a year from now and a school opening in fall 2029.
Jeffrey said the core scope is for 1,250 students with an option to expand to 1,600; the 12 additional classrooms for that expansion were estimated at schematic design to cost about $3,800,000 as a bid alternate. "The scope of work remains as we believe it always has been with specific to a core capacity of 1,250 students with expansion to 1,600 students," Jeffrey told the board, adding that the design team was roughly two‑thirds of the way…
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