Carman-Ainsworth High School Carman

817 East Kearsley Street
Flint, Michigan 48503
Phone: 810-767-5600
Fax: 810-767-1650
www.THA-Flint.com
BEFORE
BEFORE
Carman-Ainsworth Middle
High School
School
Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools
Location: Flint, Michigan
MI
Owner: Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools
Project
Millionof
ofaa$50
$50Million
MillionBond
BondIssue
Issue
Project Cost:
Cost: $9.7
$18 Million
Square Footage: New - 287,465 SF; Remodeled - 243,802 SF
Contact
Person:
Carman-Ainsworth
Middle School underwent major renovations as part of a $50
Million Bond Issue that was passed by the voters in 2002. Multiple projects occurred
In 2002, Carman-Ainsworth High School underwent major renovations as part of a $50
simultaneously
andpassed
all of the
major additions
and
renovations
were constructed
while
Million Bond Issue
by voters.
All schools
in the
district received
major upgrades
students
occupied
the
schools.
Every
school
in
the
district
required
upgrades
such as lighting, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and site work. Students occupiedsuch
the
as
lighting,
electrical,
and HVAC,
and sitework.
Carman-Ainsworth Middle
schools
while
multipleplumbing
projects were
simultaneously
constructed.
School was originally Ainsworth High School before the districts merged and its
The renovations included modifying the roof to highlight the main entrance with
facilities
antiquated
and in need
of complete
remodeling.
elegant, were
curving
blue canopies.
Adjacently
locatedoverhaul
guidance,
counseling and main
officeCarman-Ainsworth
spaces were created
providing
the
schoolconverted
with morethe
security
and whose
less confusion
The
Middle
School
project
building,
second
for students
and seventh
visitors. and
The eighth
sciencegrade
department
completed
theira master
plan
by
use
was a 1960’s
junior high
school into
clustered
sixth,
adding a and
neweighth
science
wing,functioning
equipped with
newschool.
classrooms,
labs and
prep
areas. The
grade
middle
The project
was
completed
in
seventh
athletic
department
a new auxiliary
gym,grade
with major
renovations
to existing
two
phases,
the firstreceived
phase included
a new sixth
wing divided
into three
sixth
locker classroom
rooms, new
varsityThe
team
and a astate-of-the-art
weight
and
grade
clusters.
sixthlocker
grade rooms,
wing included
new state of the
art media
fitness center, as well as an athletic hall of fame with a new concession area as the
center, and new offices facilities. The sixth grade wing also provided a new entry for
centerpiece. To highlight the department, a new athletic event entrance was created,
the
middlethe
school
highlighted
by a soaring
standing seam metal octagonal pitched
mimicking
design
of the school’s
main entrance.
roof design element. With main offices adjacent to the new entry, the school enjoys
greater security and better welcomes visitors to the middle school facilities.
Phase Two of the Carman-Ainsworth Middle School included a new auxiliary gym and
locker rooms, and major athletic facility improvements. The most creative aspect of the
project was the conversion of the existing linear seventh and eighth grade classroom
plan into new classroom clusters by creating a central corridor with design elements
mimicking the new sixth grade addition. The new corridor created six small interior
landscaped courtyards that preserved the desire for natural daylighting at all classrooms
as well as created adjacent locker alcoves for clustered student gathering areas.