The 2003 Bond Program included funding for the design and construction of two new middle schools based on a new “Next-Generation” Prototype design. The design incorporates a “School-within-a-School-Concept” to enhance the Team Teaching core philosophy. The classroom areas were designed to fully support a 5-2 team teaching curriculum (i.e., 5 teaching periods, 1 Team Conferencing/Planning period and 1 Teacher Conferencing/Planning period). Each grade-level area (i.e., a 6th Grade, 7th Grade, and 8th Grade House) is organized on 2 floors and connected by multiple stairwells to facilitate student circulation. The grade-level academic area includes 14 classrooms, 3 science labs, 1 resource room, a team workroom, conference room, and a Collaborative Learning Center (CLC). The design also includes an Administrative Office area, Library/Media Center with adjoining Distance Learning Center Computer Lab, Career and Technology Labs (i.e., Family and Consumer Science Lab, Industrial Technology Lab and Journalism Lab), 2 Special Education (ALE) Classrooms, Fine Arts Area (Band, Orchestra, Choir, 2 Art Rooms, Drama Studio and a Stage), Physical Educations Areas (Locker Rooms, Athletic Storage, Laundry, Weight Room, and 2 Competition Gyms with seating for 300 and 100 respectively), and Food Service Operations Area with a full service Kitchen and Cafetorium with seating for 520. Total square footage for the Middle School Prototype facility equals 196,772 square feet.
Planning Estimate1: $33,050,614
Start Date: January 2005
End Date: December 2006
Architect: Pfluger Associates Architects 
General Contractor: Joeris General Contractors, Ltd. 
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Project Summary (PDF):
Note: Lopez MS was referred to as "Hardy Oak MS" in the design phase.
- Property Map
- Bid Award Agenda Item
- Bid Tab
- Project Summary
- Architectural Renderings
- Site Plan
- Floor Plan
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1 The Bond Planning Estimate represents the original bond program costs developed during the bond planning meetings for each project and includes: Design Fees, Construction Costs, Technology Equipment and Installation, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment and Construction Management Costs. The School Board "approved" construction budget can be found in the project Bid Award Agenda Item and represents any/all changes to the project resulting from the design development process and/or construction marketplace and inflation costs.
