Corners Coppell-CS050216UNIVERSALACADEMY-COPPELL
Universal Academy offers PreK thru 12m grade. The proposed campus would contain
approximately 700 students. Development plans for the site include using approximately
73,000 square feet of the existing vacant retail center. The northern wing of the Center
(closest to Sandy Lake Road) will contain the majority of the classrooms. The middle
section of the Center will be converted to include a Gym/Auditorium, Lunch Room,
Music/Theatre area and Offices. This area will also include the area for student pick-up
and drop-off.
The projected student breakdown by school level is as follows:
PreK: 6 classrooms
K-6:24 classrooms
7, 8, 9:6 classrooms
10, 11, 12:6 classrooms
The total school enrollment is projected to be 700 to 750 students.
The school offers bus service to students along with parent pick-up and drop-off.
Preliminary circulation plans call for parents to use the Sandy Lake Road entrance
closest to MacArthur Boulevard as an entry only access to the site. The parents will
then be directed through a specific route to drop-off or pick-up students in front of the
main portion of the campus. Buses would enter the site from the Mac, Arthur Blvd.
driveway and drop-off students in the front. The parking area and drive aisles (non-Fire
Lanes) will serve as cueing area for parents waiting to pick-up students. The school
currently and will at this campus employ two off-duty police officers in order to direct
traffic during morning and afternoon pick-up and drop-off times.
The remainder of the Center will be used as retail space or possibly a satellite location to
offer college courses for one of the area colleges. The physical space of this portion of
the Center will not be developed at this time. A quick parking analysis was done in order
to determine if there is adequate parking on the site in order to open the charter school
and other uses in the remainder of the Center. Universal Academy will require a total of
110 parking spaces. A college use if developed in the remaining space would require
approximately 200 spaces; while a mixture of retail and restaurant uses would require
approximately 265 spaces. Upon development of the charter school, the Center will
have a total of 541 parking spaces which is more than adequate to meet the needs of
the school and other development.
The school plans to remove the parking area parallel to Sandy Lake Road in front of the
existing retail area in order to construct a playground area. This playground will be
surrounded by a six foot fence in order to provide protection for the children.
Landscaping will be added to the Center in order to supplement the existing
landscaping. Finally, signage will be added for the school use. Attached signage will be
constructed in above the main entrance to the school. Directional signage will also be
added in order to insure proper movement through the site.