See you at Pre-Town Meeting at U32 tomorrow!
9:30 am
Facilities Report
The EMES Renovation
and Expansion project recently entered Phase III! It is hard to believe that a year ago we were thanking you
for passing the bond and hoping to go out to Bid. Final plans were submitted by TruexCullins last spring, and
Wright and Morrissey was awarded the bid in June, 2013.
At this point in the project we are on budget and on schedule. We owe a huge thank-you to Wright and Morrissey,
TruexCullins Architects, our Clerk of the Works, and support from the EMES and
WCSU Staff and Administration.
A recap of Phases I
and II (June 24th, 2013 - December 22, 2013):
·
Preliminary site work to improve drainage around
the entire building and existing parking lot; prep work on the temporary
parking spaces, and adding an additional parent drop-off loop and bus loop in
the front of the building.
·
Renovations to the existing Gym, which included
new bleachers, a new floor, asbestos removal, new bench areas, acoustic panels,
mechanical, lighting, and a PE storage area.
·
The majority of Phase II was devoted to the
South addition. This addition
included two new classrooms, a new Music and Art room, Bathrooms, Tutoring
Space, and a Language Room.
Plans for Phase III (December
2013-June 23,2014):
· The existing music
room down to the K/1 exit, near the short term parking, relocated to the new
wing over the December break.
Construction in the new library, the pre-k classroom, and the “admin
suite,” which includes guidance, health, occupational therapy, a conference
room, staff room, and the principals’ office, will take place over the winter
and spring of 2014.
·
The kitchen and new cafeteria will be built in the
latter part of Phase III. This work will also include the asbestos
abatement in the kitchen, which will happen during the February school Break.
(NOTE: Town Meeting will be
at U32 this year.)
Plans for Phase IV (June
2014 – August 2014):
· The contractors
will complete the site work that began in Phases II and III, as well as all
other work in the existing building.
The renovation of the last section of the 1965 wing, as well as the 1989
wing will happen during these last few months. This will include
heating, mechanical, new windows, insulation, lighting fixtures, new built-ins
and more. The existing
library will become two primary classrooms, and the existing bathrooms will be
renovated. This work will be completed by August 2014.
There are two life-safety requirements that we will need to comply with:
a Fire Pond and a South exit egress path that were not part of our original budget. We will continue to work on the details
of these requirements, ensuring the Board has all the information before final
decisions are made.
We want to thank you for your continued support. This project would never have been
possible without the East Montpelier Community! Thank you for caring about our school and advancing the next
generation!
Respectfully,
Alicia Lyford and Flor Diaz Smith
sidewalk by the parking lot
administration
library
