Through a $100 million bond referendum, the Edwardsville School District can provide 21st century learning environments throughout their facilities. Including the historic Lincoln Middle School which needed some future-focused updates.
Renovation features include a new secured entry, an updated bus drop-off and pick-up zone to ensure student safety. The facility will also receive new gyms, a commons area, media center, and locker rooms.
This lower commons is linked to the upper dining commons through a learning stair that is divided into an upper and lower portion to assist in creating a separation of the two areas, while still creating some collaborative alternative seating options for students.
Not only is the new footprint roughly 25% LESS square footage than what currently exists, it also allows for an overall reorganization of the campus from site circulation, administration, event access, student gathering, circulation, and more.
- Renovation
- Additions
- Media Center
- Secured Entry
Faced with barriers like an outdated building, lack of safety and security, and classroom issues, Lincoln MS was in need of help to enhance the educational environment and functionality of their building.
BLDD is to replace approximately 110,000 s.f. of antiquated and inefficient square footage with roughly 60,000 s.f. of new state of the art learning environments.
Unsure of whether to remodel their historic middle school, build new on the existing site near their current high school, or build new on a different site, the Maroa-Forsyth School District reached out to get community input via BLDD's community engagement process.
Faced with outdated and inflexible learning environments, unused spaces, chaotic drop off and pick up, and no central gathering area, doing nothing was not an option for the Jacksonville School District. Not only is the junior high experience a pivotal time in a child’s life, but of all the district facilities, the junior high was positioned to serve every student in the district.
Unsure of whether to remodel their historic middle school, build new on the existing site near their current high school, or build new on a different site, the Maroa-Forsyth School District reached out to get community input via BLDD's community engagement process.