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Board members press for alternate Ellender plan as FEMA constraints shrink footprint
Summary
A lengthy debate over plans for Ellender — whether to keep a large auditorium or adopt a smaller cafetorium — centered on new FEMA flood maps that limit the rebuild to about 179,000 square feet; board members asked administration to produce an alternate plan with cost and space trade-offs by the next committee meeting.
Board members spent an extended portion of the April 21 committee meeting pressing district staff for an alternate design of the proposed Ellender school rebuild that would include a traditional auditorium rather than the presented cafetorium-style space.
Board member Lagarde and several constituents said they and voters want an auditorium; administration and the district’s architect explained FEMA’s updated flood maps reduced the available rebuild footprint to about 179,000 square feet and…
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