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Architects unveil Elm Medina High School concept: new admin/classroom building estimated at about $26M; teacher urges lighting and safety upgrades

Orange Unified School District Board of Education · March 12, 2026
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Perkins Eastman presented a concept to replace Elm Medina High School's administration building with a new administration and flex-classroom facility; a third-party estimate placed construction near $26 million and a teacher urged added evening lighting and shade/solar in public comment.

Architectural firm Perkins Eastman presented the Orange Unified School District board with a concept design on March 12 to replace Elm Medina High School's small, one-story administration building with a new administration center and four flexible classrooms, a secure single-point entry and a reconfigured parking area where portables currently sit.

Kimberly Coffin, Perkins Eastman principal, told the board the project scope includes demolition of the existing administration building, relocation of one nature-center portable, new perimeter fencing, and a campus promenade…

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