PRINCIPAL PRIORITIES

1. Unify the campus to a central, secured community with quad
2. PE / Fitness room
3. Better space for the Virtual Academy

SITE USE AND FUNCTIONALITY

• This assessment includes facilities that house the following programs:
• Village High School
• Adult Transition Program
• Pleasanton Virtual Academy
• Adult Education

Village High School and Adult Education
General Education Classrooms

• General Education Classroom interiors have limited amounts of casework. Furniture varies between rooms, most are traditional in nature, comprised of individual or group tables without wheels and chairs. The presentation wall typically has a large, writable surface. Technology includes a mobile LCD monitor.

Adult Transition Classrooms

• This site holds two (2) classrooms and an Independent Living Skills room dedicated to the Adult Transitions program and share other facilities like the Culinary Arts room.
• The Independent Living Skills room has a kitchenette with sink, dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, and oven with cooktop range. This room also has direct access to a restroom. Furniture in this room includes long, large-group tables with chairs and some soft seating, as well as a bed.
• The two (2) Adult Transition classrooms have round, small-group tables with chairs and limited perimeter casework. Both rooms have a mobile LCD monitor. Sink(s) and a kitchen are desired for both classrooms.

Pleasanton Virtual Academy

• The Pleasanton Virtual Academy main building is accessed primarily from the parking lot at Abbie Street and houses offices, classroom settings, exam proctoring space, and staff support spaces.
• The classroom spaces are flexible environments, both with mobile LCD monitors. One is used for elementary grades, and has a group carpet area as well as a large, whole-group table with chairs. The other classroom setting has flexible furniture on wheels as well as areas of soft seating.
• The exam proctoring room has six (6) computer stations with chairs and wall-mount surveillance cameras.
• The Virtual Academy also shares use with two (2) conference rooms adjacent to the District Office functions, which they use for conferences, testing, and overflow.
• The Science Lab at Village High School is also utilized by the Virtual Academy.
• Ideally, this program would continue to share specialty spaces with a high school as well as have an adequate amount of small offices for the teaching staff.

Staff and Administrative Spaces

• The Administration front office is positioned at the main parking area off of Bernal Avenue. The campus is open, allowing students or visitors to bypass the Administration front office.
• The adjacency between Administration and the Adult Transition Program should be maintained long-term.

Student Assembly / Food Service

• The Multi-Purpose Room is a converted classroom space that is mainly used for testing, not dining. It has perimeter casework and a presentation wall with writable surface. Furniture includes long tables without wheels and chairs. Various activities are stored at the periphery such as ping-pong tables. Mobile food service equipment and a serving cart are also stored within the MPR.
• Two (2) areas of covered outdoor dining are available for students.

Library

• The Library is inviting and spacious, with varied seating types including soft seating, large-group rectangular tables with wheels, and small-group round tables of varying heights with wheels. There is one wall of book stacks. Technology includes a ceiling-mount projector and a mobile LCD monitor.

Physical Education / Hardcourts

• Physical Education space is limited to a basketball court and weight room in a shared shed.
• The site would like a PE classroom that can accommodate 15-20 students as well as small, private changing / showering facilities.

Specialized Elective Spaces

• The Art classroom has one wall of casework of low cabinets, countertop with sinks, and open upper storage. A kiln si projector and drop-down monitor as well as a mobile LCD monitor.
• The Adult Education program shares a room at this location with Village High School for the paid internship / vocational skills program. This room has a small classroom area with flexible furniture and a large area of clothing racks and perimeter storage.

Site / Parking / Drop-Off

• The site has three (3) levels of elevation. The sloped areas between finger wings are not utilized due to the grade. Ramps and stairs provide access between levels.
• The primary parking and drop-off area is accessed off of Bernal Avenue. This is the lot used by students and most teaching staff.
• The parking lot accessed from Abbie Street is used by the Virtual Academy and Horizon Early Education program.

Technology

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