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Perspective Newsletters
Summer 2007
Leary School Job Site, Fairfax County
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 The Leary School Job Site program in Alexandria continues to work on the newest project
at 6451 Holyoke Drive.
This newest single family home construction project is located on one of two lots
purchased next to the renovation project on Holyoke Drive that was finished in 2002.
Along with many of the lots on Holyoke Drive, these two adjoining properties are
somewhat narrower than is typically found in this area. As a result, the two houses
that will be constructed over the next few years will be only 20 feet wide. The current
house will resemble the second house that was completed on this street. It will have
three bedrooms, two and a half baths with a “rough-in” for a full bath in the basement.
This will allow the owners to expand this area if, in the future, they want to. The
hook ups for a washer and dryer will also be located in the basement. The main floor
will contain a living room, dining room, family room, kitchen and an office/study,
along with a half bath. There will be a ceiling fan in the family room and, with
the exception of the kitchen, all areas will be carpeted.
During the current school year, many things have been finished. We started off the
year by putting the rest of the 28 windows in this house. We then finished the siding
and framed in a front porch and a roof for the porch. After finishing up the outside,
the staff and students moved inside and did all the interior framing. Following the
framing, we finished the rough in for the plumbing that included bathtubs, water
lines, and drain lines.
The next project was to add the stairways – one going to the second floor and one
to the basement. The end of the 2006-2007 school year had the heating and air conditioning
in and ready for the summer.
This is the first year that we have been able to offer our jobsite program to students
in the Extended School Year program. For some students, this has been a chance to
come to the jobsite to help them decide if they have an interest in being part of
the program. For others, it is a continuation of the work they were doing during
the 2006-2007 school year. This summer, the students have been doing touch up on
the framing and painting the shed. The next step will be to start the dry walling.
After that, we will be trimming the windows and doors, putting in the kitchen cabinets,
tiling the bathrooms, putting in all the appliances and fixtures and painting. Following
the installation of the carpeting and the landscaping, the house will be finished
and ready for new owners, hopefully by this December.
In the meantime, we are also working on getting ready for our next project. We will
be building a house next door to this project that, with some modifications, will
be similar to this floor plan. There will be some changes that we hope will make
the house appealing to prospective owners.
In the fall, many of our students will be new to the jobsite since seven of the 12
graduates from Leary School this June came from the jobsite program. Congratulations
and best wishes to Simon Abromson, Andrew Coates, Maurice Craddock, Preston Jackson,
Antonio Medley, Diego Ortiz and Eric Parker. We also send our best wishes and many
thanks for all her hard work during this past year to Ms. Frater, the jobsite classroom
teacher, who has moved on to another position.
We hope to see you all at the Open House we will have when this house is completed.
Robert Jackson
Vocational Coordinator
mail@learyschool.org
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