Kings Fork High School

This 277,910 square foot, two-story Suffolk High School was designed for 1,800 students and has a decentralized plan with a “school within a school” concept.

Kings Fork High Schools is made up of four single-level grade houses. Each house contains space for the assistant principal, a guidance counselor, teacher work areas, general classrooms, science labs, and resource spaces in addition to two to three specialized career/technical subjects. A guidance suite was also included near Administration for flexibility in future guidance arrangements. Science labs are designed as generically as possible with only Chemistry having a necessary uniqueness. Each pair of science lecture spaces shares a wet lab and preparation area separated by operable partitions. Specialty subjects such as Agriculture, Work/Family Studies, Health, JROTC, and Liberal Arts that are not suited for location within houses are properly placed according to need and required access. Instructional areas typically share a small computer lab. The small lab requires less building area but offers more computers per classroom when time-sharing is utilized.

The building has a main gym that seats all 2,000 along with two basketball courts. The auditorium has seating for 870 students and the facility also has a black box theater with seating for 150.

Kings Fork has a two story 19,000 square foot atrium dining facility with adjacent food court. And an 8,000 square foot courtyard containing a secure outdoor dining area and amphitheatre. The amphitheater for events and occasions.

A 4,000 seat stadium with track, tennis, soccer, field hockey, baseball and softball fields is located behind the school.

Project Features:
870 Seat Auditorium
2,000 Seat Gym
2 Basketball Courts
Modern Media Center
2 Science Labs
4,000 Seat Stadium with Athletic Fields
Wireless Technology
Enhanced Surveillance and Safety Measures
27,000 SF Dining and Kitchen Space
150 Seat Black Box Theater

Sustainable Features:
Bicycle storage
Recycled content materials used
Low VOC emitting materials
Cool roof to minimize solar heat gain
Facilities planned for community use
Provisions for recycling included in design
Water-use reduction with low-flow fixtures
Energy saving HVAC system with geothermal wells
HVAC system commissioning
Indoor air quality building flush & testing
Light pollution reduction
Daylight harvesting, and construction waste management