SchenkelShultz Designs $65M High School in Palm Bay, FL

PALM BAY, FL – SchenkelShultz Architecture, Orlando, designed Brevard Public Schools’ innovative new $64.7 million, 321,666-square-foot Heritage High School, an impressive facility now under way by W.G. Mills, Inc., Bradenton, at 2351 Malabar Road in Palm Bay, FL.

Slated for completion in August 2009, the ten-building campus features three two-story classroom buildings, a secure central courtyard, and also includes an 869-seat auditorium, a gymnasium and a cafeteria.

Designed for 2,242 students, the school’s administrative offices are located at the front of the school to allow clear lines of sight for security.

In addition to a media center with a closed-circuit television studio, the school’s classrooms will be equipped with digital projectors, laptop computers for teachers, DVD/VCR players and amplifiers to improve instruction.

In addition, the new state-of-the-art facility will include 14 science laboratories as well as art labs with kilns and classrooms for 2-D and 3-D art. The gymnasium and cafeteria can also serve as a hurricane shelter capable of withstanding Category 5 winds.

Contact: Kenneth H. Cristol, 407-774-2515.