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Mars Area School District provides update on elementary school expansion plans

DRAW Collective principal Mark Scheller presents tentative plans for the expansion of Mars Area Elementary School during a meeting of the Mars Area School District on Tuesday night, Sept. 3. William Pitts/Butler Eagle

MARS — The Mars Area School Board received an update on the latest plans for the expansion of Mars Area Elementary School during its board meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 3.

Jon Thomas, of the civil engineering firm Thomas & Williamson, and Mark Scheller, of the architecture firm DRAW Collective, presented concept drawings for four possibilities for the school expansion.

The four plans differ slightly in areas such as the expanded building, the parking lot area, and plans for student pickup and drop-off. However, the two DRAW Collective representatives strongly recommended the third plan, option C, to the board, as it has the best combination of features from the first and second plans with fewer of the drawbacks of both.

“As soon as we saw option C, we thought that that was the best one,” Thomas said.

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