1994 JUL-DEC-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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school . Bob said both issues are driving this . Parking is a way of reducing the cost but having less paved spaces is also a value . Dr. DeMoura thinks 300 is quite conservative. There will be at least 120 faculty . A lot of 11 & 12th grade students take their cars . 130 faculty should be as low as they go. Ed said 1 per 5 students is 356 spaces . He suggested 240 for students , the midway between 150 and 350 , for a total parking spaces of 370 . Merry Sue is concerned with a 600 seat auditorium and 1000 seat gym, all the parking is at the other end of the building . The Committee reviewed the site plan . Dan showed how it could be modified to reflect the 200 space reduction . They could eliminate 1 bay of faculty parking . Another option is to eliminate the southern student bay , keeping it in a natural condition and build the northern tier . Merry Sue said that makes no sense because it is useless for the community end of the building . Dan asked the Committee to consider their priorities . Is the parking developed for student parking or for special occasions? Could the Committee consider using the wing closest to the parking for the upper grades and the furthest wing for the 7 & 8th grades? The Committee had asked Ray to look at that . It should be explored . Paul asked how many cars you can park on the road for special occasions? Dan said if it is 18 feet wide , you could park end to end on one side all along the length of the driveway which is about 500 feet long . Dan said they could eliminate the northern tier in favor of the southern tiers but the student parking will be further away from the door . Dan said he is trying to find an elegant way to reduce the parking . He agreed , if they can afford all of the parking , to add more parking near the southern section of the site . Paul noted that the school building is long , which creates a problem, how do you get parking in 1 place that is acceptable to all . The school is used 180 days by the students. If leisure services uses it 240 nights , will they have more than 230 people in the building at once? The Committee agreed the northern section is big enough . Dan should open up the next lower bay for the additional spaces agreed upon ( 370 from 300 ) . Joe suggested the parking be designed in a serpentine "S" shape following the contours of the building . You could easily get 370 spaces and the parking would be closer . The Committee agreed they don ' t want parking closer to the building . Norris McCloud discussed the building . - They have tried to explore materials indicative of Cape Cod area. They decided cedar finish is the best example of what they should use because of its weathering nature , becomes grey in time , with masonry block below . - They explored modifications to the library and made the media specialist 5