Cougar Elementary School

 

The Virginia Computer Institute was responsible for the design and installation of the Voice, Video and Data components of the project and provided year long training to incorporate technology into the curriculum.   

Total cost $14.2 million for building, furnishings, technology and surrounding campus improvements

Total cost $1.375 million for the technology component including voice, video, data and training 

121,000 sq. ft., three-story building with large windows and natural lighting

Accommodates 900 students and is expandable to 1,000 students with additional construction of a PreK wing

Three distinct PreK-3 academic schools or cities (Sunshine City, Evergreen City and Skyline City)—each accommodates 300 PreK-3 students in its own three-story academic wing. Each contains 12 regular classrooms, one reading classroom, one specialist classroom, one science lab - 25 students, one social studies lab - 25 students, one technology lab - 52 students, three special education rooms, one instructional leader office and one counselor office
 

22.4-acre campus featuring three large playing fields, three paved play areas and three playgrounds with age-appropriate playground equipment

Unique student commons or “city square” and fitness center

 

Visual arts laboratory, music laboratory, library media center, and TV production studio

“Wee Deliver” Post Office, classroom mailboxes and hallways designated as streets, avenues or parkways

62 total classrooms

Three academic 52-computer laboratories, 900 computer ports with Internet access, destination presentation system with 32” monitor, DVD, and video in each classroom and laboratory—each regular classroom features 4 computers and each social studies or science lab features 8 computers

Six interdisciplinary teacher office complexes

600 computers, 25 miles of fiber optic and CAT5 cable

$80.30 per sq. ft. for building costs only and $89.39 per sq. ft. for building and site development costs—this is second least expensive elementary school project of fourteen elementary schools placed under contract during fiscal year 2000. Statewide average for construction in fiscal year 2000 was $92.99 per sq. ft. for building costs only and $107.51 per sq. ft. for building and site development cost. (Virginia Department of Education)

Extensive cabinetry and provisions for storage of instructional materials throughout the facility

Innovative and graduated color coding of each academic city and each floor

Building incorporates the concept of auditory privacy and visual openness

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