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Thomas Building

(Goddard School and Offices)

June 27, 2008

The information in this document comes from a meeting requested by the developer with representatives of the SSARPC Steering Committee.  The meeting took place on April 21, 2008.

The proposal is for a franchise of the Goddard School, a school for young children.  It will serve children from 6 weeks through kindergarten, plus before and after school daycare for school-age children.  It is to be built on the west (Olney) side of the Sandy Spring Bank in Sandy Spring, along Route 108 and sharing the “insurance complex” of buildings. 

The school will be for 196 children and will have about 12,000 square feet of floor space.  It will operate Monday-Friday, from 7 am until 7 pm.  There are no recurring weekend events, but there might be occasional events for non-profit organizations on weekends.  About 20% of the families have two or more children in the school, thus significantly reducing the number of trips.  The school is very concerned about security; those people allowed to enter the first floor will have to use a fingerprint-reading device and there will be continuous video surveillance.  Also, the parents are required to walk their children into the school.

At this time there are very few specifics determined about the building design.  The requirements of the school are being developed first.  The current plans are for the building to be three stories, 30 feet high (allowed in the zoning), 190 feet long and 60-65 feet wide.  The floor space of the building will be 36,000 square feet.  The FAR (Floor Area Ratio) is 0.42.  The entire first floor will be for the classrooms; floors two and three will be offices. 

The building will be located next to the sidewalk along Route 108 and the trees that are there now will remain.  There will be an entrance from the street that takes people to the single elevator in the building and also stairs (located at the east end, near the bank).  There will be doors to the outside throughout the first floor, but the doors will be for exiting only from the classrooms (for emergencies).  The entrance for the children will be at the back of the building.  The reason for having only one entrance for the children is the security requirements of the school. 

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