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I is going to be a little unsettled
at the Jewish Community
Center's main building in West
Bloomfield during the next cou-
ple of years — too unsettled to add
high school students to the mix.
The 25-year-old D. Dan & Betty
Kahn Building is scheduled for major
renovations, prompting organizers of
the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan
Detroit (JAMD) to alter plans for the
new high school's first few semesters.
Instead of holding class inside the
Kahn Building, the JAMD will install
a 9,000-square-foot modular building
on another site on the Eugene and
Marcia Applebaum Jewish
Community Campus. This temporary
structure will be immediately adjacent
to the Kahn Building with site details
still to be announced.
The JAMD, the newest Jewish high
school in the Detroit area, is slated to
open in late August. Organizers antici-
pate a first-year class of between 35-50
students in the ninth and 10th grades.
The decision to move the school's
classrooms and several other facilities
to the temporary building was made
by a joint committee of representatives
from the JCC, the JAMD and the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
• JCC Executive Director David
Sorkin listed three major factors influ-
encing the committee's decision: the
amount of space the school needs; the
schedule of construction on the build-
ing; and how the building is used on a
daily basis, especially during the con-
struction period.
"All pointed to the fact that it
would be quieter and more efficient,
with larger space, if [JAMD] were able
to locate in modulars," Sorkin said.
The head of JAMD, Rabbi Lee.
Buckman, said the school would be
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housed in the modular unit "until the
permanent structure is built, which
may be in three years. In other words,
we might be there for two years and
then in year three, move in to a per-
manent site."
The modular unit, which will mea-
sure approximately 70 feet by 140 feet
will house six classrooms, science labs,
student lounge, faculty lounge, admin
istrative area, storage, conference
rooms and certain building services,
such as plumbing, Rabbi Buckman
said. Students still will be able to use
many of the JCC facilities, including
the library, art gallery, gym and pool.
JAMD executive committee mem-
ber Larry Garon, a longtime Detroit-
area real estate developer, emphasized
that today's modular units are attrac-
tive, well-designed structures, not the
shoddy trailers of a generation ago.
"These can be called modular, but
they're really a building that is con-
structed within a warehouse," Garon
said. "If you were able to see what th
looks like, you would not be able to
discern you weren't inside a classroon
in the Jewish Center."
The exterior will be "very aestheti-
cally pleasing, with landscaping
around it," Garon said. "It's going to
be very nice."
Because the committee wants to
make sure the new school will be
ready for its late August opening,
many details are still unresolved,
Sorkin said. Future meetings will
determine if the new school will slk
paying rent, whether to purchase or
lease the modular unit, and the rela-
tive costs of such decisions.
Installation of the modular unit f
the JAMD will be coordinated with
similar modulars to house the JCC's
Sarah & Irving Pitt Child
Development Center during the ren
vations, Sorkin said. About 150
preschoolers attend classes at the Pit
Center.
Garon said JAMD board membe
are not fazed by the change of plans
and remain excited about the openi
of the school.