Franklin Elementary

FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FAST FACTS: •

900 Total Students = 810 Current Students + 90 Head Start/PreSchool Students

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Site = 12.0 Acres

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Buildings = 56,415 Square Feet

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79 Parking Spaces

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54% of Classrooms are in Portable Classroom Buildings

“IF I COULD ONLY DO ONE THING”: •

New Larger Multi-Purpose Space

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Multi-Purpose Room

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Better Parking & More Parking

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Game Room

The closed gates and fencing pose a challenge to wayfinding on the Franklin Elementary School campus.

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FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVERVIEW Franklin Elementary School was originally built in 1950 and included the administration building, two finger wing classroom buildings, and the separate kindergarten classroom. An additional classroom finger wing was begun in 1959, and many portable classrooms have been added throughout the years. The Franklin Family Learning Center portables were added in 2000 and house pre-school and Head Start classrooms.

The campus has line of sight issues stemming from the addition of portable classrooms over time without proper planning. The site is bordered to the north by Maze Boulevard (a state highway), to the east by a canal, residences to the south, and South Emerald Avenue to the west. Mark Twain Junior High School lies a few blocks south of Franklin causing traffic to back up along South Emerald Avenue during drop off and pick up hours. The small front parking lot backs directly onto this street which also acts as the drop off/pick up area, with help from staff moving traffic along. Additional parking is located across the street from the school in a non-District owned gravel lot, as well as a staff parking lot on the south side of the site and near the Family Learning Center.

The majority of the portable classrooms were added to the northern part of the site, with a wide swath of grass between the buildings and Maze Boulevard. This portion of the site is unused, except for a small walkway between that students use if they are dropped off along Maze Boulevard. Additional concerns at Franklin include the undersized administration and multi-purpose buildings. Like the majority of the eight campuses being master planned, the main office can be bypassed through a series of gates, allowing anyone onto the site. The staff has outgrown the original administration areas, forcing the offices to be scattered throughout campus. Lunches are served by grade level in the aging portable multi-purpose building and assemblies occur in three shifts. The multi-purpose is located next to the staff parking lot and ideally it would be a more integral part of campus.

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EXISTING SITE INVENTORY The assessment process begins with an understanding of the existing campus, including uses of existing spaces. The site plan to the right defines those uses at a fixed point in time and assigns the use of those spaces as classroom, specialty rooms, and core support facilities. The matrix below summarizes building areas, as well as the assumed number of available classrooms. %

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D 67,562 sf

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SCHOOL BUILDINGS

HARDCOURT

PARKING

B

FIELDS

Relocated Portables

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PLAYGROUND

AREA

LOADED CR

NON-LOADED

A Administration & Classroom Building

7,280 SF

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B Classroom Building

5,728 SF

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2

C Classroom Building

4,896 SF

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D Pod Classroom Building

2,546 SF

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E Kindergarten Classroom Buildings

2,788 SF

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P1 Portable Classrooms

9,661 SF

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P2 Portable Classrooms

2,400 SF

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P3 Portable Classrooms

5,280 SF

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P4 Portable Classrooms & Offices

4,340 SF

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P5 Portable Staff Room

1,875 SF

P6 Portable Staff Offices

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GROSS AREAS

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PARKING

960 SF

P7 Portable Multi-Purpose Building

2,880 SF

P8 Portable Head Start/PreSchool/Family Learning Center Classrooms

5,797 SF

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56,431 SF

FAMILY LEARNING CENTER

2 30

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LEGEND Administration/Support Services/Restrooms

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P8

ASES Multi-Purpose Space

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Classroom Kindergarten/TK/Pre-School/Head Start/ECE

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Library/Computer Lab Music

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Special Education Classroom

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CONDITION ASSESSMENT

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The front staff parking lot also acts as the student drop off loop, creating hazardous conditions for students, parents, and staff.

A series of locked gates are needed to keep visitors off campus since the administration office cannot see who is coming and going.

Franklin lacks a cohesive kindergarten area, as the kindergarten classrooms are spread throughout three different buildings.

The original classroom wings feature a unifying covered walkway throughout campus.

The “pod� classroom building, containing three classrooms. Many updates are necessary for the campus to become ADA compliant.

Large ramps, or lack thereof, clutter the campus, while the portable buildings interfere with clear lines of sight.

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CONDITION ASSESSMENT MAZE BOULEVARD

CONSULTANT FINDINGS: •

Civil - Accessibility: Many cross slopes exceed accessible percentages and crosswalk is lacking a curb ramp

P1

- Utility Improvements: Additional storm drain inlets are necessary; limited sewer manholes, but the sewer system appears to be acceptable

P2

P4

- Facility Upgrades/Expansions: Campus needs drop off improvements to handle high traffic, to address cracking asphalt in poor condition, and flooding

P3 FIELDS

D

Electrical

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Mechanical & Plumbing - Site domestic water pressure is in good condition

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P5

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- Classroom furnaces, heat pumps, and exhaust fans should be replaced

PARKING

B

- Rooftop AC units should be replaced - Administration roof units should be replaced with a flexible variable flow system

HARDCOURT

A

Note: Please see the appendix for full consultant reports

SOUTH EMERALD AVENUE

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FAMILY LEARNING CENTER

P7 PARKING

P8

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The irregular addition of portable classroom buildings over time has created serious visibility and line-of-sight issues on the Franklin Elementary School campus.

LEGEND Permanent Construction Portable Building

EXISTING SITE PLAN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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PHASING

P1

D P4

New Bus Drop Off/Pick Up Loop

Portables to be Removed or Relocated During Phase 2

New Classroom Buildings

Relocated Portable Classrooms & Multi-Purpose Building

P5 P3 C P2 B A

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P7 P8

New Staff Parking Lot

EXISTING CAMPUS The following images represent one scenario for phasing and implementation of the improvements anticipated at Franklin Elementary School. It is expected that a participatory design process may yield a revised approach within the parameters established here.

The buildings highlighted in red will be relocated in Phase 1 to be used as interim housing while the new buildings are being constructed.

LEGEND New Building Modernized Building

PHASE 1 PORTABLE RELOCATION & CLASSROOM BUILDINGS The kindergarten, multi-purpose building, administration, and staff lounge will be relocated from their existing facilities into portables acting as interim housing. This relocation allows for two new classroom buildings to be built around the southwest corner of the site. The interim housing is located in such a way that the existing staff parking lot can grow to accommodate the entire staff. The increased classroom capacity allows for the removal of the majority of the portable classrooms on the north side of the campus.

Relocated Building Building to be Relocated or Demolished

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New Student Drop Off Loop & Visitor Parking Lot New Library Building

PHASE 2 MULTI-PURPOSE, ADMINISTRATION & LIBRARY BUILDINGS Phase 2 begins with the removal of the portable classrooms on the north side of campus. This frees up space to create a new campus face, including a large student drop off zone with surrounding visitor parking, along with new multi-purpose, administration and library buildings. The red highlighted portable classrooms can now be removed as there is dedicated new space for the multi-purpose and administration.

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New Administration Building

PHASING

New Multi-Purpose Building

New Kindergarten Building

Portables to be Removed or Relocated Offsite

Portables to be Removed or Relocated Offsite

PHASE 3 KINDERGARTEN BUILDING The new kindergarten building completes the new front face of Franklin in Phase 3. The kindergarten area has a separate entrance off the drop off loop and their own playground away from the older students. Once the kindergarten classrooms are built, the remaining two portable classrooms can be demolished or relocated offsite.

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PHASING Modernize Existing Buildings

Improved Field, Track & Baseball Diamond

PHASE 4

Updated Hardcourts & Playgrounds

MODERNIZATION The final phase entails modernizing the existing three classroom wings and completing site improvements, including new playgrounds and hardcourts, field improvements, soccer and baseball fields, and a new running track.

LEGEND New Building Modernized Building Relocated Building Building to be Relocated or Demolished

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PROPOSED SITE PLAN MAZE BOULEVARD

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The master plan for Franklin Elementary is anchored by the new multipurpose and administration buildings and connects back to the campus through a tree lined “boulevard” that threads the ends of the finger wing classroom buildings together. The public face of the school is now focused on the northwest portion of the site, where the student drop off loop gives students and visitors easy access to the multipurpose, administration, library, and kindergarten complex. Parking for parents and visitors can be found off the new student drop off loop, with exiting options onto both Maze Boulevard and South Emerald Avenue. The existing front parking lot will be expanded to create a bus-only loop, thus eliminating much of the traffic backups along Emerald by bringing campus traffic onto the site and off the road. Two new classroom buildings cap the existing finger wings, while providing a new front face along Emerald. The staff parking lot is located in the same area as before, but has been expanded and ties into the new “boulevard.” Covered dining areas and an outdoor amphitheater surround the multi-purpose space and lead out onto the hardcourts.

The kindergarten complex features classrooms and support spaces, a fenced hardcourt area and playground, and outdoor shaded areas.

Head Start and pre-school classes will remain over at the Franklin Learning Center. Shade structures and covered eating areas are shown as dashed in the quad and over the playgrounds. Areas for future growth are shown dashed in blue.

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OVERVIEW

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Administration/Support Services/Restrooms ASES Classroom Kindergarten/TK/Pre-School/Head Start/ECE Library/Computer Lab Multi-Purpose Special Education Classroom

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Modernized Existing Building Secured Fenceline Future Growth Overhead Shade Structure

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