By tying the architectural program to a space and dollar budget the district established cost control from the beginning. The next task was to translate the hundreds of individual spaces defined in the programming phase into coherent structures that could be built on the available site. The District and its design team, led by the Henry Klein Partnership, constantly balanced functionality, appearance and budget throughout all design phases. Although this was not ideal, it was the only non-educational space that could be reduced. This intense design process has produced buildings that met all of the District's goals.
Clerestory windows provide light through a series of curved wells to the lower floor corridors.
The corridors are offset between the two floors so that both floors can have natural light in the corridors. Each core has one set of classrooms joined by a movable partition to permit larger group activities. Each core includes a science laboratory and these rooms abut a shared storage a preparation area. All four buildings use ground-faced masonry walls, steel trusses, pan deck and metal roof. The masonry block for each building, and the two schools as well, is a different, but related color, to create a village atmosphere.