Facility needs at Franklin Middle School include:

• Front Office/Student Support  

  • Relocate administrative spaces near the building entry, streamlining day-to-day school operations such as parent visits, registration, student pick-up/drop-off, etc.

  • Reconfigure the main secured entry to allow an accessible route to the mid-level main office with a ramp into the building, and a limited-use lift to get visitors up the stairs in the vestibule to access the front office and school

  • Relocate all counselors, social workers, wellness coordinator and psychologist offices together to ensure that students have a single place to go for physical/mental health support

  • Relocate and expand nurse’s office to accommodate more treatment cots and private exam room to ensure student privacy
    

• Classroom

  • Replace flooring, wall base, suspended ceilings, and lighting. 

  • Repaint walls 

  • Replace room entry doors and hardware

  • Replace student desks and chairs with a focus on collaborative, rapidly reconfigurable furnishings

  • Install writable surfaces so that instruction seamlessly shifts between analog and digital activities, and teaching and group work can happen anywhere in the classroom

  • Provide consistent instructional technology to allow faculty/staff to present from anywhere in the room and be able to quickly connect in any room
    

• Corridors/Circulation

  • Straighten hallways, improve sightlines and student movement

  • Replace ceiling and lights, flooring and wall finishes

  • Replace doors and hardware

  • Adjust locker locations/counts to current and anticipated school population
    

• Library Learning Center

  • Relocate Library Learning Center to be in the center of the building so that it is accessible to all academic classes

  • Create a dynamic space for independent study, collaboration, and mixed-media activities

  • New flexible furnishings will allow reconfiguration of the library space to accommodate small, medium, and large groups while enclosed study rooms provide opportunities for students to collaborate or receive one-on-one instruction

  • Low bookshelves coupled with the repositioned location for the circulation desk allow observation to all parts of the space

  • Renovated maker space classroom or green room to support project-based or student-led activities

  • Flexible furniture for adaptable learning environments that can be tailored to varying student and group needs
    

• Performing Arts

  • Relocate and right-size band, orchestra, choral and drama classrooms to a new building addition

  • New acoustically insulated construction for enclosing walls

  • Create acoustically insulated small and section practice rooms to allow for smaller groups of students to work independently

  • Create and improve large instrument storage system in the classroom with sheet music and small instrument storage divided between in-room and shared storage room

  • Renovate seating, flooring, stage equipment, ceiling and lights in the auditorium
    

• Science Education

  • Demolish existing partition walls and construct new, right-sized science classrooms to align with district standards and student enrollment needs

  • Create new shared prep rooms for teachers

  • Replace science lab casework with new perimeter hardwood casework and epoxy resin countertops and sinks, provide ADA accessible workstation

  • Convert upper wall cabinets in labs to be white board surfaces to support student-led activities

  • Provide lab utilities (gas, electric, etc.) according to curriculum needs

  • Provide mobile student work tables and mobile teacher station

  • Replace flooring ceilings and lighting

  • Repaint wall surfaces

  • Replace room entry doors and hardware

    
    

• Physical Education

  • Renovate the gymnasium with new, retractable bleachers to allow the gym to easily host large assemblies and physical education classes in the same space

  • New athletic equipment can be retracted when not in use so the space can better accommodate other functions

  • New flooring, ceiling, lighting, paint and finishings

    
    

• Bathrooms/Locker Rooms

  • Improve accessibility in the bathrooms while also supporting student privacy

  • Replace plumbing fixtures, toilet partitions, flooring, ceiling lighting and accessories

  • Renovate locker rooms with new finishings such as ceiling, lighting, paint, bathroom fixtures, and lockers

  • Remove showers that are no longer in use and take up much needed space

    
    

• Safety & Security

  • In addition to the safety improvements mentioned in the other areas of the building, there will be updates to the building entry systems, camera systems, closed circuit television, automated clock and intercom systems
    

• Mechanicals

  • Updated mechanical system focused on student health, energy efficiency, building resiliency, and ease of maintenance

  • Replace building HVAC system and utilize existing components where opportunity allows

  • Expand the fire sprinkler system throughout the entire building

  • Replace water heaters and other infrastructure in coordination with toilet room upgrades
    

• Exploratory Labs

  • Renovate elective classrooms to create more flexible, multi-use elective space that can adapt to curricular changes. 

  • Install spaces with appliances, equipment, and utilities to allow a wide variety of new programs to be offered in alignment with courses available at the high school level.

• Concept Design Package Deliverable - June 2024

• Cost Estimates - May 2024

• Updated Consolidated Plans - February 2024

• Existing Floor Plan