A meeting was held after school Thursday, June 13 for faculty regarding potential expansion of the school. As the building is predicted to exceed its capacity of 2100 students by 2018, the Brookline School Population and Capacity Exploration (BSPACE) Committee has been looking into options for accommodating the expected influx.

During the meeting, two architects, hired to evaluate the school’s spacing needs, presented their findings. They said the school needed, along with other developments, additions of 26 general classes, five science labs and an increase in library space from 10000 square feet to 15000 square feet.

Coming into the meeting, they had narrowed down possible methods of achieving such additions to what they considered the best three.

Option 1: Transforming the Shluntz gymnasium into four floors of academic classrooms, making the Tappan gymnasium into a larger competition gym and converting the Tappan-Greenough street corner of the school into a four-story extension.

Option 2: Converting the Tappan gym into a five-story academics area.

Option 3: Similar to option 1, creating two floors of academic classrooms inside the Shluntz gym, converting the Tappan gym into a larger competitive gym and adding a small wing to the Tappan St. side of the building.

Although the most expensive of the three would be option 1 according to the architects, it was the option most favored by those who attended the meeting.

According to Headmaster Deborah Holman, BSPACE and the architects, the school is not required to use one of the three options, though the architects recommended it, and the process for creating the most effective solution remains fluid. No final decisions have yet been made.

Alex Friedman and Alex Johnson can be contacted at [email protected].