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school “if it’s necessary to resolve the confusion” over whether the building does or does not have excess soace.
According to Hamill'! criteria. RCHS has no where near 43 per cent excess space as indicated in Stokes anc Eastham's space study Based on his figures, the high school has only 63 per cent ol the space it should have to provide an adequate educational program. According to Davis and Associates, the architectural firm that designed the school. RCHS contains 35.738 square feet of gross interior space. With an enrollment of 450, that works out to 79.4 square feet of space per pupil. 63 per cent of what is recommended by the state.
Using the statistics Hamill cited as the minimum recommended by the state, the elementary school is also overcrowded. With 55.339 square feet of gross interior space and an enrollment of 700. the elementary school provides 79 square feet per pupil. According to Hamill. the state's recommended minimum is between 85 and 90 square feet per pupil, leaving the elementary school eight to 13 per cent short.
Generally, said Hamill. an elementary school is considered to have adequate
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