Current Conditions Wilkins Elementary School
Wilkins Current Conditions Gallery
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Key Issues at Wilkins
- Space constraints are determining educational programming
- Inadequate number of classrooms for current population
- Four classrooms (approximately 80 students) are housed in portables that are nearing end of life
- Inadequate space for special education and intervention services
- Inadequate acoustical separation, particularly in special education areas
- Dislocated grade levels due to space constraints
- Classrooms without sinks
- Significant ADA accessibility issues, particularly restrooms
- Several compromised fire walls
- Poor air quality (due to older mechanical systems) resulting in highly variable temperatures in many rooms
- Site paving at end of life
- Lack of separate cafeteria and gymnasium spaces
- Missing classrooms to accommodate target class sizes
- Missing classrooms to accommodate 5th grade at the elementary level
- All mechanical systems are at end-of-life, and need to be replaced
- All plumbing systems are at end-of-life, and should be replaced with code-compliant systems
- All electrical systems are inadequate for a modern technology rich school environment, and should be replaced
- Emergency electrical systems are inadequate, as there is no generator
- Lighting is at end-of-life, not energy efficient, and should be replaced