Urbana Elementary Feasibility Study Board Presentation

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Urbana Elementary Feasibility Study Board Presentation

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Feasibility Study Milestones

• Steering Committee Meetings

• Faculty / Student / Community “Charrettes”

• Educational specification/Program Comparison

• Physical site and Building Assessment

• Option Development/Refinement

• Cost Analysis

• What is Next?

� Community Input Meeting

� Faculty/Staff Input Meeting

� Committee Review of Draft Report

� Present Final Report and Recommendations to BOE

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Feasibility Study Steering Committee� Brad Ahalt FCPS Construction - Senior Project Manager

� Ray Barnes FCPS Executive Director of Facilities Services

� Roger Fritz FCPS Director of Construction

� Jan Hollenbeck Urbana Elementary School Principal

� Robert Johnson FCPS Supervisor Cluster Maintenance Program

� Gloria Mikolajczyk MSDE Schools Facilities Architect Supervisor

� Beth Pasierb FCPS Facilities Planner

� Kathy Prichard FCPS Elementary Instructor Director

� Emily Reedy FCPS Communications

� Brett Stark FCPS Director of Curriculum

� Karen Wills Urbana Elementary School Teacher

Consultant Team

Feasibility Study Team

Overview of Key Objectives of the Study

• Existing Facility and Site Study

• Built in 1960 with Additions in 1965 &1975 (1/3 renovated in

1975) = 64,133 SF

• Adhere to Maryland Public School Construction Program

(PSCP) Guidelines

• Educational Program Review

• Develop options w/constructability justification:

1. Renovate existing school

2. Modernization - Partial demo, additions & renovations

3. Complete demo & replacement of the school on site

• Complete estimated costs & schedules for each option

Feasibility Study Process

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• Definition and Goals of Charrette

• Staff & Community Engagement

• Questions/Results

Community Engagement

Community Engagement

• Student Participation

• Staff and Community Update Events

– Online Survey Results

If nothing else this project must….

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Urbana Elementary Student Input

Student Artwork Comments:

� Indoor/Outdoor School

� Windows

� Safety and Emergency Concerns

� STEM

� Nice Teachers

� Green House

� Two Stories

� Café

� Collaboration Space

� Magnet Programs

Existing Building Assessment

� Built: 1960

� Size: 64,133 SF

� Site: 19.87 Acres

� Enrollment: 985 (Equated)

� State Rated Capacity: 511�Years of Major Construction

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�EXISTING SITE:

� Site is rectangular with limited street frontage on Urbana Pike.

� Dedicated Bus Loop in front of school with Parent drop on adjacent Urbana Volunteer Fire Department Property on the western border

� Great Heron Wetland borders the eastern side of the site.

� Interstate 270 borders the south side of the site .

� Existing Site Plan

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� Great Heron Wetlands

• Originally constructed through a grant in 2000.

• 1of 11 sites monitored by the Watershed Management Division of Frederick County and directly affects Chesapeake Bay.

• Hands on outdoor learning environment includes two ponds and native plants.

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�Existing Urbana Elementary School Floor Plan with Portable Classrooms

14 Portable

Classrooms


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Feasibility Study Options

Overview of Proposed Options

�Option 1 – Phased Additions/Renovations

While Occupying Existing Building

�Option 2 – Replacement School While

Occupying Existing Building

�Option 3A – Replacement School While

Relocated to Sugarloaf Elementary School

�Option 3B – Replacement School While

Relocated to Portables

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Option 1 – Phased Additions and Renovations while Occupying the Existing Building

Summary of Option 1TOTAL PROJECT COST $54,165,520

Construction Duration – 44 Months

� Longest construction duration of all options;

phased over 44 months.

�Most disruption of all options to the educational

program, during construction.

�Most expensive option.


OPTION 2 – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE OCCUPYING THE EXISTING BUILDING

Summary of Option 2TOTAL PROJECT COST $41,433,200


�Less disruption to educational program than

Option 1.

�Reduced construction time frame from Option 1.

�The new facility is located in central portion of the

site, further from Urbana Pike.

�Option requires negotiations with adjacent Fire

Department for construction access.

�Play areas and rear playfields will not be

accessible during construction.

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OPTION 3A – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE RELOCATED TO SUGARLOAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Summary of Option 3ATOTAL PROJECT COST $40,128,436


�Least disruption to educational program of all the

options.

�Shortest construction time frame of all the

options.

�Lowest cost of all options.

�Dependant on funding as requested by the Board

of Education.

�Potential to delay the opening of Sugarloaf

Elementary School by one to two (1-2) years.


OPTION 3B – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE RELOCATED TO PORTABLES

Summary of Option 3BTOTAL PROJECT COST $45,875,476


�More disruption to the educational program

during construction than Option 3A.

�Slightly longer construction time frame than

Option 3A.

�Difficult site access during construction for

parent drop-off access.

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Recommendation

OPTION 3A – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE RELOCATED TO SUGARLOAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

It is the recommendation of this steering committee

and supported by the majority of the Urbana

community comments received by on-line survey,

that Option 3A is preferred method to modernize

Urbana Elementary School. The committee makes

this recommendation with the following

assumptions:

1. Sugarloaf Elementary School will be used as

temporary swing space during construction. This will

affect the timing of planned redistricting in the

Urbana community.

2. Construction funding for the Urbana Elementary

School modernization will be awarded as requested

by the Board of Education in their current Educational

Facilities Master Plan.

Urbana Elementary School Feasibility Study

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Urbana Elementary Feasibility Study Board Presentation