Framing the new library/media center at LHS.
The completed library/media center, covered walkway and to
the right, indigenous plants occupy the rain garden.
Steel workers connect the frames and supports a the LES eight classroom addition.
The completed eight classroom addition is to the LEFT, while the new entry way, media center, elevator and stair tower are to the right of the picture. Above the entryway sit the new music and art classrooms.
Community invited to experience the new building additions to LCSD and then stay after to enjoy the winter concert.
On Wednesday, December 7th, the Liberty Central School District will offer tours of the recently completed building projects at Liberty High School and Elementary School.
The tours will begin PROMPTLY and will take a half hour. The Elementary tour will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 6:30 p.m., and the high school tour will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end by 7 p.m.
Those wishing to tour the new facilities can take one or both tours. The elementary tour group will meet in the new foyer of LES and the high school tour group will meet in the lobby outside the David E. Panebaker Auditorium.
The timing will be as precise as possible for both tours, since the annual high school winter concert (part 2) begins at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Once the concert begins, no one is permitted to enter the auditorium until intermission, so the tours will be finished by 7 p.m. to ensure that anyone on the tour has time to enjoy the concert.
"We would like to give our community an opportunity to see the completion of the $35.8 million building project and how these improvements will directly benefit the students of the District," said Superintendent Michael B. Vanyo.
A ribbon cutting and breakfast reception was held on October 14th, however tours were not given at that time. Scroll down to find a link to photos of that event.
The completed capital project includes a variety of improvements,
with perhaps the most visible being the new high school library/media center. Its unique design
makes it a “net zero building” with regard to energy usage, the only
known such school facility in the state. Other renovations included a new
covered walkway, foyer and main office at the high school. Locker
rooms, bathrooms and six science classrooms were also renovated.
At the elementary school, improvements include the addition of
eight new classrooms, a cafeteria, a kitchen and a drop-off loop at
the front of the building; an expanded playground; façade preservation; renovated offices and bathrooms; and replacing windows
and roofing. Those finished spaces bring to a close what Superintendent
Vanyo has called “phase 1” of an ongoing facilities improvement
plan.
Construction By the Numbers:
- 285 tons of steel were used at both the elementary and high
schools. 42,000 square feet of metal decking was also used.
- At the elementary school, there were approximately 52,000 cubic
yards of “cut and fill” removed. This is the soil, rocks and earth
that was dug out to make way for the parking lot, building additions
and retaining wall.
- July and August of 2010 saw the most construction workers on-site
at one time. There were 94 crew members working together to get the
school prepared for the first day of the 2010-11 school year.
- 206,000 bricks were used at both the elementary and high schools
(142,000 at LES; 64,000 at LHS) and 56,000 concrete blocks were used
(35,000 at LES; 21,000 at LHS).
Click HERE to see pictures of the Liberty CSD Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Click
HERE to visit the capital project page
Click
HERE to download a PDF of LCSD Building Project Information
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LIBERTY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
115 Buckley Street, Liberty, NY 12754 • (845) 292-5400
Mr. Michael Vanyo, Superintendent of Schools
