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Preliminary Plans Presentation

Silver Spring International Middle School

Addition

Prepared for

Montgomery County Board of Education

March 2019

Preliminary Plans Presentation

Silver Spring International Middle School Addition Page 1

RRMM Lukmire Architects

Silver Spring International Middle School Addition

313 Wayne Avenue

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Montgomery County Board of Education

Ms. Shebra L. Evans President

Ms. Patricia O’Neill Vice President

Ms. Jeanette E. Dixon Member

Dr. Judith Docca Member

Ms. Karla Silvestre Member

Ms. Rebecca Smondrowski Member

Ms. Brenda Wolff Member

Ms. Ananya Tadikonda Student Member

Montgomery County Public Schools Administration

Dr. Jack R. Smith Superintendent of Schools

Mr. James Song Director, Department of Facilities Management

Mr. Seth P. Adams Director, Division of Construction

Mr. Dennis F. Cross Acting Facilities Manager, Division of Construction

Mr. Seth A. Feriano Facilities Project Manager, Division of Construction

Ms. Deborah Szyfer Senior Facility Planner, Division of Capital Planning

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Facility Design Process Engagement


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Involvement

The preliminary plans for the Silver Spring International Middle School (SSIMS) renovation and addition project were developed based

on the educational specifications prepared by the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). Through a series of work sessions with

Montgomery County Public Schools administration, the staff at SSIMS, Sligo Creek Elementary School (SCES), and the community,

several design options were developed and evaluated. The proposed plans presented herein were reviewed and subsequently modified

in accordance with recommendations and suggestions received during the schematic design work sessions.

Participants in Facility Design Process

Diantha Swift Principal Sligo Creek Elementary School

Karen Bryant Principal Silver Spring International Middle School

Joyce Isaacson PTSA Silver Spring International Middle School

Kelley Craig PTSA Silver Spring International Middle School

Maryse Mills-Apenteng PTSA Silver Spring International Middle School

Michele Moller PTSA Silver Spring International Middle School

Stuart Denyer PTSA Silver Spring International Middle School

Taylor Denyer PTSA Silver Spring International Middle School

Wendy Caswell PTSA Silver Spring International Middle School

Agnes Sanvee Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Alisa Dennis Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Amy Fauber Staff Sligo Creek Elementary School

Augustine Kang Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Bret Williams Caison Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Brianne Murphy Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Carlo Bianchini Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Chelsea Van Tassell Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Christine Rizkallah Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Deborah Lamkyes Staff Sligo Creek Elementary School

Derek Anderson Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Douglas Nelson Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Jaime Goldman Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Janessa Pope Staff Sligo Creek Elementary School


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Facility Design Process Engagement (continued)

Jerry Scotti Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Jill Elkins Staff Sligo Creek Elementary School

Joseph Bostic, Jr Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Katie Frank Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

LaKesha Carey Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Leigh Ann Uzamere Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Liana Rouse Staff Sligo Creek Elementary School

Lisa Hack Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Lisa Klein Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Lisa Labbate Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Lisa Shorts Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Mara Ponce Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Marcos Cordeiro Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Molly Dougherty Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Patricia Torres Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Richard Solomon Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Rosemarie Dapena Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Samuel Linker Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Slaviana Stoyanova-Linker Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Stella McCuiston Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Tinie A. Bradley Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Valentine Davies Staff Silver Spring International Middle School

Veronique Johnson Staff Sligo Creek Elementary School

Chris Meyer Parent Sligo Creek Elementary School

Frances Walterman Parent Sligo Creek Elementary School

Graham Dersley Parent Sligo Creek Elementary School

Joyce Isaacson Parent Sligo Creek Elementary School

Laura Lourenco Parent Sligo Creek Elementary School

Wendy Caswell Parent Sligo Creek Elementary School

Dennis Cross Division of Construction MCPS

Seth Feriano Division of Construction MCPS

Deborah Szyfer Division of Capital Planning MCPS

Jillian Storms Facility Planner Maryland Dept. of Education

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Project Information



Background/History

Location: 313 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Cluster: Downcounty Consortium

History and Square Footage of Existing Building: 1999 Sligo Creek Elementary 98,799 square feet 1999 Silver Spring International Middle 173,205 square feet 2009 HVAC Modernization 0 square feet

Total 251,530 square feet

Site Size:

Current Program Capacity:

Current School Enrollment:

15.6 Acres

1,107 Silver Spring International Middle School

664 Sligo Creek Elementary School

1,125 Silver Spring International Middle School

677 Sligo Creek Elementary School

Current Parking Spaces: 191

Silver Spring International Middle School (SSIMS) currently serves students from grades 6-8. SSIMS shares a building with Sligo Creek

Elementary School (SCES) which serves grades K-5. Enrollment projections for SSIMS show an increase within its current boundaries.

Once the addition is complete, the projected enrollment will be 1185. The existing two story front of the school, which includes an

abandoned auditorium, will be demolished and replaced with a new two story with basement addition. The addition consists of new

security entrances and administrative areas for both schools, classrooms, music rooms, and science classrooms. On the lower level, the

addition will house new gymnasiums and locker rooms which are currently located in a remote field house. The existing multi-purpose

rooms for both schools will also be enlarged to provide additional core capacity. The project is scheduled to be completed by the school

year starting September 2022.



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Project Information (continued)

Educational Program Objectives

The program objective of this addition project is to add needed capacity to both schools, solve accessibility and remoteness issues of the

existing gymnasium, improve security and circulation issues of both schools, and improve the overall architectural experience of the

facility. Currently SCES has been utilizing four classrooms located in SSIMS. To improve building circulation, these classrooms will

be returned to SSIMS and relocated in the new addition.



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Space Summary

The proposed addition will increase the program capacity of Silver Spring International Middle School to 1300, and Sligo Creek

Elementary School to 710. Numbers in parentheses count as teaching stations. The addition will include: Addition for SSIMS

Science

Laboratory (9)

Preparation Room 4

Chemical Storage 1

Music Suite

Instrumental Music Room (1)

General Music/Choral Room (1)

General/Choral Storage 1

Music Office 1

Practice Rooms 2

Physical Education

Gymnasium (2)

Stage 1

2nd Gymnasium (1)

Fitness/Weight Room (1)

Auxiliary Gym (1)

Dance Room (1)

Health Classroom (1)

Locker Rooms 2

Gender Neutral Locker Rooms 2

Storage Rooms 2

Toilet Rooms 2

Shower/Drying Rooms 2

Laundry Room 1

Offices 2

Common Planning Area 1

General Storage 2

2nd gymnasium storage 1

Outdoor Storage 1

ICB Storage 1

Instructional Support Areas

Team Workroom 3

Administration Suite

General Office 1

Principal's Office 1

Assistant Principal's Office 3

Assistant School Admin. Office 1

Administrative Secretary's Office 1

Workroom 1

Storage 1

Conference Room 1

Copier Workroom 1

Student Support Center 1

Financial Secretary's Office 1

Staff Development Office 1

Security Office 1

Test Room 1

Guidance Suite

Counselor's Office 5

Waiting Room 1

Conference Room 1

Records Room 1

Itinerant Staff Office 1

Health Suite

Waiting Room 1

Treatment/Medication Area 1

Office/Health Assessment Room 1

Health Assessment/Isolation Room 1

Rest Area 2

Toilet Room 2

Storage 1

Student Activities

Student Government Storage Closet 1

Student Dining

Student Dining (increase existing) 1

Building Service Facilities

General Storage Rooms 1

Total teaching stations for Addition (17)

Linkages to Learning Suite

(Design as an Add Alternate)

Reception Area 1

Conference Room 1

Storage Closet 1

Mental Health Counselor’s Office 1

Case Manager's Office 1

Site Coordinator Office 1

Staff Toilet 1

Renovations at SSI MS

Standard Classroom (1)

Support Rooms

Developmental Reading 1

Interdisciplinary Textbook Storage 1

Departmental Textbook Storage 1

International Baccalaureate Office 1

Total Renovations (1)



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Addition for Sligo Creek Elementary School


Administration

General Office 1

Workroom 1

Principal's Office 1

Assistant Principal's Office 1

Conference Room 1

Telephone Booth 1

Storage 1

Record Room 1

Toilet Room 1

Health Services Suite

Waiting Area 1

Treatment/Medication Area 1

Office/Health Assessment Room 1

Health Assessment/Isolation Room 1

Rest Area 1

Toilet Room 1

Storage Room 1

Subtotal for Addition at SC ES (4)

Renovations at Sligo Creek ES

Kindergarten Classroom (3)

Prekindergarten (1)


Instructional Support Room 1

Total Renovations (5)



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Interior renovations to the existing school are also part of this project. The objective of the proposed interior renovations is to reassign

classrooms that are currently being used by Sligo Creek Elementary School to classrooms for Silver Spring International Middle School.

Those displaced classrooms will be replaced in the new addition. A circulation pinch point in SSIMS will also be resolved by moving

a stair tower and adding a ramp in a corridor connecting two wings of the middle school. The existing SSIMS health suite will be

renovated into a special education resource room and the counseling suite will be relocated into the area the special education resource

room currently occupies. The SCES administration and health suite, along with three existing kindergarten classrooms will be renovated

to create a Pre-K and kindergarten suite with one additional kindergarten and one additional standard classroom. The displaced SCES

administration and health suites will be relocated in the new addition. In addition, an existing SCES exit hallway is to become a lightwell

for the proposed physical education suite and newly renovated kindergarten classrooms.

The addition will be designed in accordance with current educational specifications. The project will provide a cost effective, energy

efficient, and safe facility to meet the needs of the school.

The building design goals include the following:

▪ Create a new identifiable and secure entrance for each school

▪ Provide a new three-story wing for administration, linkages to learning, physical education, music suite, science labs and

standard classrooms and resource rooms

▪ Renovate four existing SCES classrooms, located on the second floor of the middle school, into additional SSIMS classrooms

▪ Add four new classrooms to the SCES part of the school

▪ Maintain a separation between the elementary school and the middle school

▪ Incorporate sustainable design principles

▪ Provide natural daylight into all new teaching spaces

▪ Provide an addition that is integrated into the circulation patterns of the existing school

▪ Create a unified architectural aesthetic with the historic components of the building

The site design goals include the following:

▪ Increase number of parking spaces for staff and visitors

▪ Relocate the elementary student drop-off traffic from the adjacent neighborhood

▪ Separate bus traffic, car traffic, and pedestrians

▪ Incorporate sustainable design principles

▪ Meet storm water management regulations



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Site Design

Silver Spring International Middle School is situated on a 15.6-acre property located at 313 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.

The site is bounded to the north by residential development, to the south and west by the Purple Line development, and on the east by

Sligo Creek Park. The current building is shared between the Silver Spring International Middle School and Sligo Creek Elementary

School. A two-story wing which includes an abandoned auditorium, science classrooms, a music suite, and an administration suite will

be demolished to accommodate the addition. An abandoned automotive garage will also be demolished to make way for additional

parking.

The concurrent Purple Line construction project includes work on the SSIMS side of the site. Their scope of work involves the

construction of a traction power substation on the Wayne Avenue, southwest side of the site, and reworking the school’s front parking

area in a more efficient manner. This work is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2020.

The design of the addition also relocates the main entrance of SCES to the front of the building. The middle school and elementary

school will share the student drop off area accessed from Dale Drive since the school hours differ for both schools. Use of the Dale

Drive drop off should help to relieve congestion created by SCES parents lined up on the public street at the existing drop off location,

which will also remain operational. This relocation of the elementary school entrance will enable both school entrances to be on the

front of the school, providing improved identities for both schools, along with accessible ADA access and security.

It is anticipated that approximately 20 additional parking spaces will be added which will help alleviate a lack of parking on site. The

vegetation separating the school property from the neighbors on the north will be retained and will continue to provide a visual buffer.

Due to the increase in impervious area, stormwater facilities will be provided to meet current environmental regulations.



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Building Design

General Description:

Silver Spring International Middle School is a three-story facility with two interior courtyards. The school was formally Montgomery

Blair High School and currently houses SSIMS and SCES. While somewhat intertwined the students are separated, and each school has

an individual identity. After demolition of the front of the building, core functions including the main administration offices, music

rooms, gymnasium and science classrooms, will be constructed as part of the addition for the middle school. The design will include

secure and identifiable main entrances for both schools. The SCES entrance will move from the north side to the northwest corner

allowing for better access control and accessibility for the school.

The proposed addition will be connected to the existing school on the first and second levels only, the new basement will be accessible

only by middle school students through new stairs and an elevator. Throughout the report, we refer to the levels in the proposed addition

as lower, first, second, and third to indicate where the proposed addition connects to the existing school.

The addition is organized as follows:

Lower Floor:

• Physical education suite

• Secondary exit for

middle school

• Additional dining area

First Floor:

• Main entrances

• Administration suite

• Health suites

• Linkages to Learning

• Classrooms

• Music suite

Second Floor:

• Science

Laboratories

• Classrooms

• other support

spaces

Third Floor (existing building):

• Classrooms

The new construction will consist of a steel-framed structure with a masonry exterior facade, designed to be compatible with the aesthetic

of the existing historic school.

The scope of work also includes renovation of existing spaces with functions that are being modified from their existing condition.

Renovations in SSIMS will include providing additional space for the guidance suite. A layout change includes adding a new stair

connecting all floors in the existing east wing to resolve the narrow one-way circulation stairs and ramps in the middle school. The use

of an elevator will be restored by reassigning four classrooms currently being used by SCES, to be SSIMS classrooms. Renovations in

SCES will include modifying space to creating one additional kindergarten, and one additional standard classroom.



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HVAC System:

The building addition classrooms will be heated and air-conditioned by a four-pipe fan-coil unit system. Administration areas will be

handled by variable-refrigerant-flow systems. Ventilation air for the classrooms and administration areas will be provided through a

series of roof mounted dedicated outdoor air units. The gymnasium spaces will be cooled, heated, and ventilated by roof mounted single

zone VAV packaged roof top units. Central plant heating and cooling equipment will be provided for the addition, with consideration

for reusing the existing boilers and chiller recently installed in the area to be demolished.

Plumbing System:

Cold water for the building addition will extend from the existing school, with a new gas-fired water heater provided for production of

domestic hot water within the building addition. Plumbing fixtures will be designed to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

and utilize water conservation features. Water closets will be floor-mounted, with dual-flush type valves; urinals will be wall-hung with

pint-flush type valves, and lavatories will be individually wall-hung with self-closing faucets. Gas service will be replaced.

Fire Protection System:

The school’s existing fire protection system will be extended to support the proposed addition. New zone valve assemblies will be

provided at each floor level of the addition. The building addition will be fully sprinklered, provided with standpipes, and comply with

NFPA 13 and 14 requirements.

Energy Management System:

Building automation system controls for the proposed addition will be an extension of the existing HI Solutions Direct Digital Control

(DDC) system. All new control components will be networked to the central MCPS energy management control system for

occupied/unoccupied settings and other energy management routines.

Power Distribution:

One of the school’s two existing 120/208-volt, 3-phase 3000A electrical services and associated main switchboard will be replaced.

The new switchboard will be configured to address Maryland Energy Management Agency (MEMA) shelter-in-place requirements.

Lighting:

To match existing to remain, 2'x4' recessed fluorescent troffer luminaires with prismatic lenses and 2’x4’ recessed LED volumetric

luminaires will be utilized.


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Security and Fire Alarm Systems:

The existing security and fire alarm systems will be expanded for the addition.

Technology Infrastructure/Communications:

The existing data/voice/video and intercom/public address systems will be expanded for the addition. New intercom/public address

devices include speakers and call switches in the classrooms and speakers in the corridors. The building addition will be equipped

with data, voice-over internet protocol (VoIP), video, and wireless systems.

Sustainability:

The proposed project will not be pursuing LEED certification, but will still be designed and constructed with an emphasis on the

environmental sustainability. The architecture and engineering systems will align with Montgomery County Public Schools facility

management sustainability principles to ensure long-term operational effectiveness. Key features related to the sustainability include the

following:

• Managing stormwater to reduce surface runoff quantity and improve quality • Using highly reflective roof surfaces to reduce heat gain in the building • Installing water conserving and low-flow plumbing fixtures in the addition

• Optimizing the energy performance of the building by providing a highly energy efficient building envelope, lighting system,

and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC)

• Optimizing equipment selection, installation, and operation of new HVAC equipment through commissioning of the

energy systems

• Adhering to construction indoor air quality management plans and using low emitting building materials to safeguard

occupant health

• Providing a high level of occupant control over individual lighting and thermal comfort to promote an enhanced

indoor environment in the new building • Using construction materials that are recycled and regionally manufactured for the addition • Maximizing daylight in classrooms

• Minimizing background noise level from HVAC systems in classrooms and control reverberation time with sufficient

sound absorption materials.

Vicinity Map



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Site:



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Existing Site Plan



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Proposed Site Plan



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Existing Lower Floor Plan



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Proposed Lower Floor Plan



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Existing First Floor Plan



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Proposed First Floor Plan



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Existing Second Floor Plan



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Proposed Second Floor Plan



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Existing Third Floor Plan



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Proposed Third Floor Plan



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Existing Elevations



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Proposed Elevations



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Conceptual Building Section

Section at entrance to middle school

Section through middle school looking toward the entry

Cross section through the middle school illustrating the lightwell

Rendering

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Project Team, Schedule, and Estimated Construction Costs

Design Team Members

Architect: RRMM Architects, P.C.

Civil Engineer: Adtek Engineers, Inc.

Structural Engineer: Holbert Apple Associates, Inc.

Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineer: James Posey Associates, Inc.

Project Schedule

Preliminary Plans Presentation: March 2019

Construction Documents Completed: December 2019

Award Construction Contract: January 2020

Project Completed: September 2022

Estimated Construction Costs

Existing School: 251,530 square feet

Demolition: 31,810 square feet

SSIMS Addition: 93,270 square feet

SSIMS Renovation: 2,590 square feet

SCES Addition: 9,660 square feet

SCES Renovation: 7,570 square feet

322,650 square feet

Construction Cost Estimate for

Building and Site: $26,000,000