The Tom Barnes Education Center – Renovation and Addition for Literacy Center Project (“Project”), located at 260 Kilgore Lane, will address space needs for the College of Education and related renovation work as necessary to support the Belser-Parton Literacy Center and the work of the Fayard Endowed Chair in Literacy Education.

The proposed Project will renovate the existing 2,465 square foot (sf) gymnasium into classroom space. The new classrooms will seat approximately 25 people each when used separately. An operable partition dividing the classrooms will allow for simultaneous use for approximately 50 people when opened. The classrooms will be fitted with new audio-visual technology as well as mobile furniture to facilitate individual or group work.

The Project will also include a 1,570-sf addition at the northwest side of the building that includes six faculty offices and a work room. The addition has been intentionally designed with respect to maintaining appropriate setbacks from the nearby Peter Bryce Boulevard, and existing site utilities. The location of the offices will have direct adjacency and connectivity to the renovated classrooms.