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Watertown Public Schools Facilities Study

Watertown Public Schools Facilities Study. June 24, 2013. Watertown Public Schools Facilities Study. Group Members Anne Hardiman Beth Lloyd Phyllis Marshall Tony Paolillo Jay Francione. Watertown Public Schools Facilities Study. Key Actions 1 ) Form facilities study group

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Watertown Public Schools Facilities Study

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  1. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study June 24, 2013

  2. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study Group Members • Anne Hardiman • Beth Lloyd • Phyllis Marshall • Tony Paolillo • Jay Francione

  3. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study Key Actions • 1) Form facilities study group • 2) Gather current building status for each building (capacity, utilization, functionality) • 3) Study enrollment trends • 4) Identify future needs • 5) Evaluate current capacity/functionality to meet future needs • 6) Create presentation of findings for the School Committee

  4. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study • Instructional spaces: 49 • Small & large gymnasiums • Auditorium • Layout – “You can’t get there from here”, and original design of newer section • Ever increasing R&M in old West Jr High section Watertown Middle School Opened: 1922 Last Renovation: 1998 Square Footage: 133,410 Enrollment: 545

  5. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study • Instructional spaces 31 • Gymnasium • Cafetorium • Utilizing every available space James Russell Lowell School Opened: 1927 Last Renovation: 1997 Square Footage: 82,500 Enrollment: 413

  6. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study • Instructional spaces: 66 • Gymnasium • Auditorium • Fitness Center • Aged infrastructure that fails unpredictably • Inadequate technology infrastructure • Parking Watertown High School Opened: 1930 Last Renovation: 1998 Square Footage: 162,000 Enrollment: 744

  7. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study • Instructional spaces: 25 • Gymnasium • Cafetorium • Utilizing all available space • 1999 addition was engineered so as to enable construction of a second floor Cunniff School Opened: 1954 Last Renovation: 1999 Square Footage: 58,400 Enrollment: 284

  8. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study • Instructional spaces: 47 • Small & large gymnasiums • Auditorium • Inadequate space to accommodate enrollment & instructional needs; using every available space for instruction • Layout Hosmer School Opened: 1967 Last Renovation: 2002 Square Footage: 102,682 Enrollment:

  9. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study Source: Massachusetts School Building Authority

  10. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study Future Needs • Additional classroom/instruction space • Break out space • Technology • System upgrades • Increased maintenance • Storage

  11. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study Current capacity/functionality to meet future needs • All school buildings are currently being creatively used so as to meet the needs of our students and current programs • All school buildings have issues as to whether or not they are adequate for 21st century learning • Any possible expansion of existing school facilities to address space needs for enrollment increases and programs would require the need for swing space to house current students during construction

  12. Watertown Public SchoolsFacilities Study Possible Next Steps • Do nothing – we live with our buildings as they are • Engage with Town Council and Town Administration immediately to determine how best to move ahead with a comprehensive study of our Schools • The Town is in the midst of a Comprehensive Plan Project, its first since 1988. This Project could serve as the vehicle for the aforementioned comprehensive study of our Schools. • Thought to ponder from one of my colleagues – “What we have in Watertown are buildings that were designed when factories were key employers after high school.  Media meant newspapers and the term "wireless" referred to radios. There was no TV, no internet, no hand held smart devices.  We don't live in that world any longer, but the design of our buildings would suggest we do. Imagine you had to work in an office that was "state of the art" in 1967-- because that is the newest of our buildings in Watertown.”

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