Gorham School District Renovations & Additions for Gorham High School

1. Gorham Business Exchange Gorham High School Additions and Renovations February 6, 2019, 5:00 PM, Gorham Savings Bank Gorham School District Renovations & Additions for Gorham High School 1.

2. Why Now? WHY • Why Here? 2.

3. Increasing Student Enrollments • Gorham High School was designed for 750 students • Current enrollment is 868 students • By 2028-29 it is projected to have 975 students, which is 225 students, or 30%, over its original capacity • Already there are 6 classrooms in modulars • Proposal • Build capacity for 1,100 students which includes an 11% cushion for future growth. • Provide both the needed count of instructional spaces, and the appropriate room sizes as per DOE standards. NEEDS Student Enrollments 3.

4. Improve Student Safety & Security • Current Main Entrance is in the wrong place • Back of the building, not at the bus loop and parking. • Not enough parking • Main Office can’t oversee the main parking lot and bus loop • The security vestibule is not as safe as it would be using today’s best practices • Need updates to the security systems in general. NEEDS Student Safety and Security 4.

5. Insufficient and Undersized Existing Spaces • Regular Classrooms • Technology Classrooms • Adult Ed • Alternative Ed • SPED • Library • Athletics / Lockers • Music • Admin, Guidance, SRO, Social Worker • Nurse/ Clinic • Kitchen / Café • Building Storage • Toilets NEEDS Existing First Floor Plan 5. Existing Second Floor Plan

6. Insufficient clinic space (NEASC) • The current Nurse’s area was cited by NEASC as needing immediate improvement and expansion. • The space is too small, has no windows, is visible from the main hall, has little privacy, has insufficient storage, and cannot accommodate the current or future population. NEEDS Clinic Space 6.

7. Insufficient Cafeteria, Kitchen and Library • Currently students sit on the floor in halls and lobbies because there are not enough seats in the Cafeteria. • Seating capacity for 216 students x 3 lunches = 648 student capacity. Population is 868. Café is 220 students under capacity currently. • Existing Cafeteria - 4,385 sf. • DOE standard for 1,100 students is 5,500 sf • Existing Kitchen – 2,835 sf. • DOE standard for 1,100 students is 3,520 sf • Existing Library – 3,766 sf. • DOE standard for 1,100 students is 5,550 sf NEEDS Cafeteria, Kitchen & Library 7.

8. Insufficient and Undersized Instructional Spaces • Regular classrooms below DOE standard size of 800 sf, GHS are 600 – 770 sf. • SPED classrooms below DOE standard size, some have no windows • 6 classrooms in modulars NEEDS Regular Classrooms 8.

9. Insufficient and Undersized Instructional Spaces • Short of required classroom count compared with DOE standards: • Short 8 regular classrooms • 6 classrooms in modulars • Short 1-Art, 2-Science, 1-Chorus, 1-Health, 2-SPED, & 1-Lecture • Undersized Cafeteria, Kitchen and Library • Undersized Admin, Guidance and Nurse, SRO, Social Workers • Undersized Athletics and locker rooms NEEDS Regular Classrooms 9.

10. Gross Lack of Parking • The current site has only 278 parking spaces • During the average school day there is not enough parking for the current population. • During large campus events there is also not enough on-site parking available. NEEDS Parking 10.

11. Inadequate and Overused Indoor Athletic Facilities • Current population requires two PE classes being offered at same time, which one gym can handle. With increasing population, three will be required. • Current weight room is too small, not able to handle a classroom at a time. • Current locker rooms are in rough shape, are much too small and not designed to meet needs of current student populations. • Locker count is too low, lots of gear on the floor. NEEDS Indoor Athletics 11.

12. Inadequate and Overused Outdoor Athletic Facilities • One competition field used by 5 sports plus PE classrooms • No time to properly rest fields. • Field conditions are very poor by end of spring. • Wood light poles twisted and infested with squirrels. No longer light the baseball field as result. • More energy efficient lighting technology available now. • Practice field is damp often due to poor drainage. • Poor lighting is a safety issue. • Not enough outdoor storage. Most is currently in containers. • Baseball and field hockey share a field. NEEDS Outdoor Athletics SOFTBALL COMPETITION & TRACK BASEBALL & FIELD HOCKEY PRACTICE TENNIS 12.

13. Lack of Functional Storage • Lacking building and District Wide Facilities storage • Records storage for main office and guidance is on the second floor • Lacking storage for Athletics, indoor and outdoor. • Theater storage is outside in containers • No SPED storage, records are kept in classrooms NEEDS Storage 13.

14. Aging Mechanical, Electrical & Building Envelope Systems • These systems consume the most energy, and the most operations and maintenance funds • The cost per sf at GHS is higher than Gorham’s other schools. GHS Energy Use Index (EUI) is 73.4. Village School EUI is 54.1. • GHS has two old, inefficient boilers. One just failed and will have to be replaced immediately. • Most heat loss is in the building envelope – walls, windows, exterior doors NEEDS Facilities 14.

15. Improve Student Safety & Security - Improve the existing and new wings to meet today’s best practices for Safety & Security • Relocate the Main entrance to be near the main parking lot • Add new secure vestibule • Everyone comes in one entrance during morning rush • Afterwards all must pass through the secure vestibule • Parking and bus loop visible from Admin. • Add security cameras, motion detectors, some security glass, exterior door sensors, internet based system. SOLUTIONS Security 15.

16. Insufficient clinic space (NEASC) – Replace the Clinic • Move the Nurse function to the new Main Entrance area next to Admin. • Provide additional space for cots, privacy, storage, toilet • Provide natural light. • Provide direct access to the bus loop/parking for parent and emergency vehicle pick up SOLUTIONS Clinic Space 16. New Nurses Space Existing Nurses Space

17. Insufficient Cafeteria, Kitchen and Library • - Expand Cafeteria and Library to DOE standards to accommodate increased population • Expand Cafeteria to 5,500 sf to seat 1/3 of the student body. 366 students at a time. • Expand the kitchen to 3,455 sf. • Relocate the library to a larger space. SOLUTIONS Cafeteria, Kitchen & Library 17.

18. Lack of Functional Storage - Expand Building and District Storage • Provide adequate storage throughout the building • New facilities area with district wide storage and receiving. • Records storage in the Main Office • Provide a theater storage room • Currently District Storage and Facilities are at the Middle School. The Middle School needs the space, and GHS is the hub of the school district. Storage and Facilities should be managed at GHS. SOLUTIONS Storage 18.

19. Aging Mechanical, Electrical & Building Envelope Systems - Replace the Systems and Improve Energy Efficiency • Reuse existing systems that are still in good condition to save construction costs • Replace existing systems that are poorly functioning, beyond their normal life cycle, at risk of failing, or old technology • Add LED lighting throughout • Add geothermal boilers or condensing natural gas boilers • Study cooling the entire building like other Gorham schools. • Building Envelope – Replace windows, exterior doors, weatherstripping, sealants to meet energy code. • Lighting Control Systems – Provide throughout to reduce power usage • Find areas where energy losses are high and correct them. • Perform code upgrades. SOLUTIONS Facilities 19.

20. Insufficient and Undersized Instructional Spaces - Enlarge classrooms and add sufficient space using DOE standards • Renovate and expand existing classrooms inadequate in size. • Increase in regular classroom count from 33 to 41. • Add 2 Sped classrooms, and expand undersized rooms. • Add 2 Science classrooms • Eliminate 6 modular classrooms SOLUTIONS Regular Classrooms 20. Second Floor Plan First Floor Plan

21. Inadequate and Overused Indoor Athletic Facilities • - Improve the Indoor Athletic Facilities • Wrap existing Gym with these facilities: • 2nd Gym & Storage • New Athletic lockers • Renovate PE lockers for 1,100 students • Fitness / Cardio • Training Room • PE classroom • Community spaces for fitness • 2nd Gym allows for adequate PE, shorter athletic practices after school and community use. SOLUTIONS Indoor Athletics 21.

22. Increasing Student Enrollments -Add needed space for 1,100 students using DOE Standards • Increase regular classroom count from 33 to 41 • Eliminate 6 modular classrooms • Add 1-Art, 2-Science, 1-Chorus, 1-Health, 2-SPED, & 1-Lecture • Expand Cafeteria, Kitchen and Library • Expand Admin, Guidance and Nurse, SRO, Social workers • Add 2nd Gym and expanded Locker rooms SOLUTIONS 22. First Floor Plan

23. Increasing Student Enrollments -Add needed space for 1,100 students using DOE Standards • Increase regular classroom count from 33 to 41 • Eliminate 6 modular classrooms • Add 1-Art, 2-Science, 1-Chorus, 1-Health, 2-SPED, & 1-Lecture • Expand Cafeteria, Kitchen and Library • Expand Admin, Guidance and Nurse, SRO, Social workers • Add 2nd Gym and expanded Locker rooms • Future expansion at • 2nd floor over • facilities. SOLUTIONS - 6 CLASSROOMS 23. Second Floor Plan

24. Inadequate and Overused Outdoor Athletic Facilities – Improve the Athletic Facilities & add parking • Add 195 spaces for a total of 473 spaces. SOLUTIONS Outdoor Athletics 24.

25. The Athletic Capital Campaign Committee (ACCC) has organized to raise money for the following Outdoor Athletic Facilities: • 1) New Synthetic Competition Football/Soccer Field • 2) New Synthetic Track with Field Events • 3) New Synthetic Baseball Field • 4) Upgrade Drainage at the Practice Field by raising the field • 5) New Lighting for all Athletic Fields (Not including general site lighting) • 6) Additional Outdoor Bleacher Seating • 7) New Press Box @ Competition Field • 8) New Tennis Courts in Robie Park – 5 total • 9) Two New Outdoor Basketball Courts in Robie Park • 10) New Athletic Field Accessories FUNDRAISING EFFORTS Outdoor Athletics 25.

26. Drivers for Proposed Renovations and Additions • Student enrollments drive: • Enlarge GHS to accommodate 1,100 students • Right size rooms to DOE standards where feasible • Provide for future growth • Decision to retain a consolidated campus drives: • A 2017 master plan study looked at consolidating vs. moving to other sites • Decision was to keep all functions on GHS campus • To accommodate the building expansion, athletic fields, parking and regulatory requirements, a small portion, 1.6 acres, of Robie Park’s 7.15 acres, would be used for building and parking. Tennis and basketball would be added to the park for school and community use. • All educational and municipal uses. • Access road would be closed to accommodate the new classroom wing. • Road system to be replaced as needed SUMMARY 26.

27. Drivers for Proposed Renovations and Additions • 3) Decision to raise money for Athletics Fields Drives: • Fundraising intended to build better synthetic fields at less cost to the community. • Strengthen an already successful athletic program and history. • Support the 60 percent of Gorham students who participate in organized sports. • Increase community use of facilities. SUMMARY 27.

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