The proposed plan is educationally sound and fiscally responsible. Infrastructure The building systems that need to be addressed are primarily to improve building safety and to upgrade old or timeworn systems. Examples of safety improvements include installing dual key operation for the gymnasium partition, providing wall pads in the gymnasium, disabling hallway security gates so that dead end corridors are not created when in use, moving the music program from the basement area to more appropriate space, and replacing deteriorated concrete walks around the outside bus loop. The walks and curb in the bus-loading zone should be extended toward School Street from the main entry to allow safer bus loading and unloading. The upgrade of most interior finishes is needed.
Ceilings are a combination of different systems throughout the facility.
Suspended ceilings should be installed to provide uniformity, deal with an acoustic problem, and to facilitate lighting and wiring upgrades. A section of the roof on the original building requires replacement. Handicapped access to the facility and programs is an issue. No fully accessible toilet stalls are available currently and need to be provided in gang toilet rooms in each part of the facility. The other major barrier to building accessibility is lack of physical access to the second floor of the original 1936 building.