As plans progress for a proposed Elmwood School replacement, Robert Bell, educational programmer/principal for architect Perkins Eastman, provided an update on tweaks that were made following three more meetings with faculty and staff as well as community members.
In total, about 70 interested parties from Elmwood School and Hopkins School took part in the sessions, Bell informed the Elementary School Building Committee on Tuesday night.
“There was a lot of enthusiasm for how the building is taking shape,” Bell noted.
Following input, Bell said changes included putting social and emotional learning space on the first floor; keeping students with deregulation on the ground floor to avoid making them go upstairs; separating collections for Grades 2 versus Grades 3-4 in the media center; putting “maker space” in the media center for two classes at a time…
