BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
PHYSICAL PLANT - Facilities
The Carlisle Public School
campus is a six building complex encompassing approximately twelve acres. The size of the facility totals over
122,000 square feet. Construction
dates of the buildings are as follows,
Brick Building: 1848 (original one room school
house)
Highland Building: 1908 (4 main rooms + 2 basement
areas) two story wood frame construction built with all local tradesmen at a
cost of approximately 8400.00
(Highland is no longer used
as a school and was vacated by the school in 1987. It has been leased to the
Emerson Umbrella of Concord since 1992.
Emerson Umbrella is a non-profit organization that provides private
Studio space for local artists.
They operate and maintain the facility.
Spalding Building: 1956 (currently 9 classrooms Ð
K-1) wood frame construction - slab
Wilkins Building: 1963 Grades 6, 7 & 8 Ð
Middles school 9 classrooms & main offices Ð brick, block & steel, slab
Robbins Building: 1969
original design of open classrooms. Converted to contained classrooms in the
early 80Õs Ð brick, block & steel construction, slab construction contains
a school library, A/V room, nurseÕs office, studentÕs services offices and an
integrated pre-school classroom. 13 classrooms total, grades 2-4
This building was
substantially renovated in 1987-88.
Grant Building: 1987 (known also as the Link
building, connecting Robbins and Wilkins.) Contains SPED Resource room, 3
middle school science rooms and two language rooms. (6 rooms total) brick,
block & steel construction
Corey Building: 1988 The largest building on
campus at 42,000 square feet contains the kitchen, dining room for 250
students, Auditorium seating 387, stage which was designed to hold 75 band
members, a music room which seats approximately 70 students. On the lower level are the exercise
room and the gym, along with locker rooms. Bleachers that pull out seat approximately 150 people.
brick, block & steel construction
Grant Building Ð second
floor expansion: 1997 Six
classrooms constructed, grades 4 & 5 brick, block & steel construction
There are 96 parking
spaces in the lower lot, space to park 6 busses in the bus area, and
approximately 23 spaces in front of the Spalding in the circle. Handicap parking is located at the
Southwest end of the campus at the Robbins pre-school entrance and the lower
level of the gym as well as at the Front door of the Spalding circle.
N Star provides electric
service. Monthly electric bills
average 10,000 a month during the school year.
Heating of the buildings
is by natural gas provided by Key Span.
During the three peak winter months the heating bill for the complex can
run as high as 12,000 each month.
Drinking water is pumped
from a deep rock well. Well was drilled in 1969 to 400 feet and currently
yields 16 gallons per minute.
Approximately 4000 gallons are stored in tanks in the Wilkins basement
for the daily use. The average daily consumption on school days is 4200
gallons.
Wastewater disposal is
accomplished by a convention septic system. The components are a large 12,000-gallon septic tank and a
leaching filed under Spalding playing field. This filed failed on a technical review under the State
Title V regulations in 1995. Plans
are currently underway to replace this system with a wastewater treatment
facility. Presently in the design phase.
Estimated cost of approximately 1 million.
Telephone service is
provided by Verizon with monthly telephone cost of approximately 1200.00
Multiple telephone lines and voice mail system.
Internet access is
provided through a contract with MEC. Service via a high speed T-1 phone
line. All classrooms and offices
have been wired for the computer network.
Cable service is provided
at no cost to the school complex by A T & T Broadband. All areas throughout the facility have
cable access.
The school complex
generates approximately 20 yards of trash each week ( two 10 yard containers
filled and hauled away by a private contractor)
A modest recycling program
is in place and plans currently underway to expand the efforts to white and
mixed office paper.
BUDGET EXPENDITURES
For FY 02 budget
expenditures for operations and maintenance in the following areas totaled;
Custodial
salaries 301K
Electricity 117K
Gas
heat
64 K
Waste
disposal 13
K
telephone 29
K
Maintenance
of buildings 65
K
The total operations and
maintenance budget for FY 02 was 674 K.
School maintenance staff
is responsible for operation and maintenance and housekeeping of the school
complex. The walkways and lawns
are maintained by the school and the parking lot and driveways by the Dept. of
Public Works.
The school facilities are
used extensively by the community and approximately 20 groups or organizations
use the complex during the year.
Custodial fees and facility use fees are charged as applicable in
accordance with the Carlisle School School Committee policy.
Major expansion &
renovation project in 1987-88.
facility went from 56,000 SF to just over 100,000. This was a 10 million dollar project.
Numbers of faculty &
staff, support staff daily
Numbers of cars arriving ,
parking or coming & going daily
Numbers of volunteers
daily
Numbers of lunches served
Number of deliveries each
day
Numbers of students each
day
Activities after school on
campus, night and weekend
Facility limitations
David R. Flannery
Supervisor of Buildings
& grounds
January 8, 2002