Meeting set for Alpharetta Elementary addition

By Caroline Gray
cgray@neighbornewspapers.com

Alpharetta Elementary School will be free of portable classrooms following an addition set to be finished August 2010.

The school will hold a public meeting tomorrow at 6 p.m. to discuss the 14,000-square-foot addition and renovations to the school. Construction will begin this summer, but will mostly occur during the school year after hours and during school breaks and finish up next summer.
Principal Pat Reed said she is eagerly anticipating the new additions and improvements to the existing building. The school uses twelve portables with two classrooms each.

“At the meeting we’ll show the new architecture and how it blends nicely and the design of the new classrooms,” said Ms. Reed. “We’ll also be going over the new renovations to the school.”

Renovations range from infrastructure improvements like a new heat pump, ceiling tiles and lighting to a new floor and air-conditioning for the school gym. Several renovations are planned for the special education wing, said Ms. Reed. Sports impact flooring will give the special education classroom floors some cushion and new ramps and secure doors will also be installed.
Ms. Reed said a parking study will also be conducted to reconfigure the school’s existing land because parking area is an area of concern for her.

Overall the improvements are an exciting development for the school. “We’re an older school in historic Alpharetta and by adding on we’ll be better than ever,” she said.

The meeting will be held in the cafeteria at Alpharetta Elementary School, 192 Mayfield Road in Alpharetta.