Lafayette Parish School System engaged LEMOINE as Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) to deliver the new Truman Early Childhood Education Center in Lafayette, LA.
Serving Truman’s 480 pre-kindergarten students, this project replaced the existing school with a newly constructed facility on a 10-acre greenfield site. The 70,000+ SF “sunburst” design consists of four learning communities called “tripods”. Each tripod consists of a discovery zone, teacher planning space, dedicated special education classroom space, and 6 classrooms called “learning studios”.
Classrooms within each tripod will be paired in groups of two with each set including front porches, restrooms, and a divider wall that allows for educators to combine spaces for expanded group activities.
The facility also includes multipurpose areas, food services and dining, a media center, administration wing, an enclosed centralized playground, and green spaces.