Convert 48-year-old, 2-story industrial building with a 1-story wing into an alternative school for 900 troubled boys and girls in the 6th through 12th grades.

Improve the building’s physical relationship to the existing community of single-family homes on the west side of the property.

Protect students from a major interstate highway on the east side of the property.

Retain existing roof, concrete slab and steel structure.

Add two stories on the full length of the west side of existing building for maximum utilization of existing and new space.

Provide new brick façade with insulated aluminum glazing.

Place new entrance facing the street to allow for improved access and higher visibility from the adjoining community of single-family homes.

Contrast glass entrance towers with brick buildings.