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| The middle school will contain a gymnasium and an auxiliary gym. To allow natural light into the gymnasiums, translucent glass windows will border the space. An events entry located between the gymnasiums and the cafetorium will allow after-hours access to events in both areas. The cafetorium, which is surrounded by the music classrooms, will serve as both a cafeteria and performance space. |
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| The two-story media center and the south-facing side of the academic wing will be curtainwall allowing ample light into the spaces. Locker bays will be located on this side of the academic wing. |
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| This two-story portion of the school will contain industrial technology, foreign language, family and consumer science, and special education classrooms. |
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| The main entry of the new middle school provides convenient parent drop-off and pick-up and visitor parking. Administration is located just off the main entry with the cafetorium and music classrooms to the south and the art classrooms to the north, directly below the two-story media center. |
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| The north-facing classroom windows in the three-story academic wing will be punched openings. Each level has three learning communities with classrooms for language arts, math, social studies, science and reading. |
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| The new middle school at 40th Avenue and 12th Street South will serve students in grades 6-8 after it opens in the fall of 2004. Site work and foundation work for the new school began Oct. 7, 2002. |
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