Planning & Design Meetings Meeting #4 4/24/2012 - MinutesPalo Alto HS Library Pre-planning Meeting Palo Alto Unified School District
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PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL
Palo Alto Unified School District
PLANNING MEETING
DATE: 24 April 2012, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
SUBJECT: Library Pre-Planning Meeting No.4
ATTENDEES: Phil Winston, PAHS
Aimee Lopez, OCMI
Erwin Lee, DLM
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposed, non-library programs that are
to be relocated to the library building from the Tower Building. With the library
program, these additional programs will help create the “hub” which will be a new,
resource centered facility.
The following are the highlights of the meeting:
1. The proposed programs to be relocated to the library:
a. Guidance
b. College Career Center
c. Adolescent Counseling Center
d. Administration (non-gate keeping functions)
2. Guidance
a. Program elements:
4 guidance counseling offices
1 register
1 data person
1 TA coordinator
1 conference room (12 persons)
1 receptionist
3. College Career Center
a. Program elements:
3 offices
1 conference room
waiting area with seating
4. Adolescent Counseling Center (ACC)
a. Program elements:
5 offices
Waiting, receiving area
b. ACC does not need to be located adjacent to the administration area
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c. An exterior access is desirable
5. Administration
a. Program elements:
1 Principal’s office
3 AP offices
1 Dean’s office
1 conference room
area for principal’s secretary
copy/production work area
storage area
kitchenette
b. Desirable for offices to have exterior, operable windows.
c. Desirable for the interior partitions to have glass which can be closed for privacy
with window blinds
6. The “hub” should have at least one large meeting room the size of the existing
EERC.
7. The Student Activities (SAD) can be reduced in size. The room does not need to
be much larger than a standard classroom which would be larger than their existing
room.
8. Phil Winston (PW) likes the idea of having some portion of both the library and the
administration area open to the Common via folding or sliding glass partitions.
9. Erwin Lee (EL) indicated that the diagram will be adjusted based on the new
program information.
10. PW wondered if the second story or mezzanine idea could still be incorporated.
Aimee Lopez (AL) noted that a study was done to confirm the area required for the
proposed programs and that the additional area provided by the mezzanine would
not be necessary. She also noted that it would be expensive space. EL noted that
an elevator would also be necessary.
11. AL indicated that at the last meeting some discussion occurred about how the
exterior, or a portion of the exterior, could be changed to give the “hub” a greater
presence on the quad. EL noted that any exterior alteration, if possible, should not
alter the existing building structure.
Next Meeting: TBD
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Prepared by Erwin Lee of Deems Lewis McKinley. Please advise if you feel that any of the above items
are inaccurate or need further clarification or detail.
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