The new intermediate school will be constructed adjacent to the existing H.P. Miles Intermediate School campus and is scheduled for opening in December 2011.
The single-story, 90,000 square foot facility will have a proposed design capacity of 750 students. The main entrance will front Williams Road and will include a parent drop-off and pick-up loop drive. Bus and delivery access will occur off Williams Road. The bus and delivery drive will leave the site onto Loop 340. This will help to separate bus and delivery traffic from teacher and parent traffic.
The new intermediate school will include technology, building systems and sustainable design elements that provide increased efficiencies in building functionality and operational costs and that will maximize building longevity.
The administration will be located at the front of the building. A secured, lockable vestibule will require all visitors to enter the office reception area during the day. The new Fourth through Sixth Grade facility will house 250 students in each of the three separate wings. Each grade will have 11 core curriculum classrooms, one computer lab, a set of restrooms in the middle of the wing and a teacher’s workroom.
The core area of the building includes the library and cafeteria which will support approximately 320 students with two serving lines. With easy access from the bus drop-off, the cafeteria is one of the hubs of the facility. The five main corridors supporting the three academic wings, the library and the administration corridor converge at a single point designated as the student commons. The existing facility that houses the Band Hall and Gymnasium will be retained.
