PRINCIPAL PRIORITIES

1. Additional covered space for PE classes for rain/sun protection
2. Lunch shelter for rain/sun protection
3. Updated flow and design of main office, health office, and counseling areas

SITE USE AND FUNCTIONALITY

General Education Classrooms

• Building B: Two-story classroom building designed with a double-loaded corridor. General education classrooms within this building have a teaching wall on one side and no or limited casework in the rest of the room. Students have individual desks with attached chairs. Technology includes a mobile LCD monitor.
• Building BR is a single-story row of permanent modular classrooms. Classrooms have a teaching wall on one side and no or limited other casework. Furniture includes student tables and detached chairs.

Special Education Classrooms

• Existing spaces for SDC classes have a teaching wall on one side and no or limited other casework and student furniture similar to general education classes. These rooms have attached work/pull-out and storage rooms.
• The Computer Lab has been converted into an SDC classroom and is not ideal for the program.

Student Services / Counseling

• Counselors are located in the Administration front office. Circulation through this building impedes privacy. The principal would like this area to be redesigned to reduce the amount of general traffic through this area and to add a waiting/lobby space for counseling.

Staff and Administrative Spaces

• The Administration front office is clearly identified along Willow Road. The principal reports difficulties with the current layout of this area including circulation through the space that limits privacy, lack of lobby space, poor line of sight from the receptionist to the exterior, a need for additional storage, and HVAC upgrades. The principal would also like to expand the Health office and make it accessible from the exterior.

Kitchen / Cafeteria / Food Service

• The kitchen and student serving area are located with the Multi-Purpose Room, separated by a low, pony wall. The serving area has two lines and is reported to work well. The snack bar is being used for ‘overflow’ storage and leadership.
• Students line up for the serving area next to the Gym. A cover is desired for this area to protect students while they wait in line.
• Students dine throughout the Quad space. The principal would like to expand the amount of coverage over this area.

Student Assembly

• The MPR is crescent-shaped with in-wall tables. Chairs and additional tables are stored in a corner of the MPR space. The MPR has a stage and built-in speaker system.
• The MPR is used by many activities including PE and Performing Arts, which creates conflict. Sight lines to the stage are awkward due to the shape of the space.
• Ideally, the principal would like to dedicate the MPR to Drama, Music, and other Performing Arts activities.

Library

• The Library is located on the ground floor of Building B and is a spacious, high-volume space. Immobile book stacks line the perimeter. The space is furnished with wood tables and chairs with some soft seating within a ‘book nook.’ Students can access computer stations. Presentation technology includes a wall-mount mobile LCD monitor.

Physical Education / Athletics Buildings

• The Gymnasium is shared with the City of Pleasanton and designed as a double-gym with three practice courts crossing one, large competition court. Each practice court has a curtain that can be drawn to separate them. Low, 3-tier, wooden bleachers line the perimeter.
• The Gym is used for assemblies due to its larger capacity compared to the MPR, however the acoustics are of poor quality. The Gym is not connected to the school PA system.
• The principal would like the bleacher capacity increased.
• Changing Rooms are accessed by the Quad on one side and hardcourts on the other. Each set of changing rooms has restrooms and office/changing space for the coach.

Outdoor Athletics / Playfields / Hardcourts

The field has been reseeded, however the principal would like to install synthetic turf as a goose-deterrent. The principal also sees the need for a renovation of the track and to add bleachers at the field.

Specialized Elective Spaces

• Band and Choir have spaces adjacent to the Gymnasium. A shared office space joins the two rooms. A large instrument storage room is detached from the music classrooms, separated by the Gym’s trophy lobby. Additional instrument storage is requested.
• The Choir room has portable, 3-tier risers, chairs, music stands, and a mobile LCD monitor.
• The Band room is a high-volume space with acoustic wall panels, perimeter instrument storage cages, and a wall-mount LCD monitor.
• The Culinary Arts classroom has ample high and low casework and counter space with six (6) cooking stations. There is a teaching wall at the front of the classroom with a short-throw projector, pull-down screen, and a mobile LCD monitor. The space is also equipped with laundry facilities and a pantry/storage room. Furniture includes large student tables and chairs.
• The Industrial Technology room is used for Project Lead The Way and Robotics. There is a teaching wall and other perimeter casework and freestanding storage. The classroom has access to a separate storage closet as well. The room has outlets in the floor throughout the room and a mobile LCD monitor.
• The Art classroom has a wall of low casework, counter top, and multiple sinks; a teaching wall; and a wall of tall cabinet storage. The room has direct access to a separate work room. Furniture is comprised of large, wood-topped tables and stools. Technology includes a mobile projector cart and drop-down screen. There is a detached kiln room out the back door of the Art classroom.
• Science Labs are currently housed in Building B. These Labs will be reconfigured into general education classrooms, SDC classrooms, and counseling spaces after completion of the new Science building under construction.

Restrooms

• The principal has expressed the desire for gender-neutral restrooms.

Site / Parking / Drop-Off

• Parking and drop-off have recently been increased at the site.
• The Quad has grassy planter areas that tend to get muddy. The principal would like to explore alternatives to alleviate this problem.

Technology

• Classroom technology has been upgraded with a mobile LCD monitor.