Children's Academy Early Learning Center

Staff Input per Category

• Functionality/Efficiency/Flexibility: Classroom Flexibility
• Collaboration/Connections: Media Center upgrades, more support space, classroom storage, better use of pit, more hard surface flooring in classrooms for activities
• Accessibility/Special Programming: Need motor skill room
• Comfort & Well Being: Additional student and family restrooms, RR/sink in all classrooms, acoustic (café), overall aesthetics/school spirit, outdoor play upgrades, lighting upgrades, more natural light, HVAC upgrades
• Safety & Security: Playground fence upgrades/screening, door upgrades, Safe space for students

Conditional Assessment 9Overall Suitability: 70%)

Conditional Assessment Summary of Needs

• Site: Items that scored poorly include overall drainage, lawn/landscaping, dumpster area, courtyard, playground equipment, hard surface playground asphalt, site curbs and walks, asphalt recently overlayed.
  
• Architectural:  Building exterior walls are in fair to good condition with multiple stained brick areas and repaired cracks. Windows and doors are in good condition. Spray foam roof is in fair condition with multiple roof penetrations without a drain strainer, uneven areas creating standing water and raised bubble areas. Multiple cracks in interior walls evident of settlement/movement of building structure. Interior in good condition otherwise. Rooms could be renovated to better serve current needs.
  
• Interiors:  Corridors feature terrazzo which is still in good condition. RRs with sheet vinyl should be replaced. The CPT in most of the admin area is old broadloom and could use replacing as it is stained in multiple areas. Classroom CPT is still in good condition; consider updating the outdated CPT. VCT throughout is tired but still functional for a couple more years; I’d considered replacing it in the cafeteria. CMU wall paint is in good condition, aside from structural issues/cracks throughout the cafeteria/kitchen and most classroom exterior walls. The casework throughout is very dated but appears to be functional. Window shades are functional and in good condition. Classrooms are utilizing chalkboards instead of markerboards. The furniture is a mixed bag and could use an update, but it appears functional now.
  
• Mechanical:  The Central Plant is in new condition, including chillers, pumps, and boilers. One Air Handling Unit is in fair condition, while one is in poor condition. Some split systems are in fair condition, while others are aged. Exhaust fans are in poor condition. Classrooms are conditioned by aged horizontal unit ventilators that should be replaced with modern vertical units.
  
• Electrical: Distribution equipment in poor condition (45 years old); fire alarm system is early 2000’s and should be replaced; receptacle density appears low, poor condition, switches feel worn out; interior lighting is mostly fluorescent, LED is in gym; & fluorescent; exterior lighting is mostly LED retrofits, pole bases are in poor condition; no automatic interior lighting controls; exterior lighting has BMS controls.
• Plumbing:  The domestic water central plant appears to be in good condition. The domestic water service entrance does not include a domestic water backflow preventer. A backflow preventer needs to be installed to protect the city main from the school during a backflow event. None of the domestic water piping is insulated in the mechanical room. The domestic water piping needs to be insulated to avoid condensation forming on the cold-water piping and heat loss in the hot water and hot water recirculation piping. The plumbing fixtures throughout the building appear to be in fair condition. The exterior gas piping shows moderate corrosion.
• Technology:
• No electronic door monitoring.  Staff walk around building at day’s end to check doors. 
• Video surveillance. A lot of blind spots around the exterior of the buildings.
• Classroom A/V. In working condition but getting dated.  They are planning projects to update.