High School Library Media Center Renovation

The Amity High School Library Media Center is being transformed into a modern learning environment designed to better support today's students and tomorrow's opportunities. The renovation will create a more welcoming, flexible, and technology-rich space where students can read, research, collaborate, create, and learn throughout the school day.

The redesigned Library Media Center will feature a variety of learning spaces to meet different student needs, including quiet reading areas, collaborative workspaces, a dedicated library classroom, podcast and recording rooms, and flexible furniture that can be easily reconfigured for classes, independent study, or special events. The project also improves accessibility, student traffic flow, visibility throughout the space, lighting, acoustics, and access to technology and power.

This page will provide regular updates throughout construction, including project milestones, photographs, and information about how library services will continue while work is underway.

For more information about the project, please contact Steve Martoni, Director of Facilities.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN IT'S FINISHED

Flexible spaces for both collaboration and independent study
A dedicated Library Media Center classroom Podcast and recording studios for student projects
A quiet reading room
New collaborative seating and modern furnishings
Improved lighting, acoustics, and access to electrical power
A redesigned entrance and circulation desk that improve student flow and visibility
Updated technology support spaces and infrastructure throughout the Library Media Center

PROJECT UPDATES

Project Resources

Project Preparation

Throughout the spring, our library media specialists and technology staff completed extensive preparations to ensure library services, technology support, and student learning could continue uninterrupted during the fall 2026 construction.

The existing Library Media Center was carefully emptied, with books, instructional materials, furniture, and other resources either relocated or placed in storage. A temporary library has been established in the Small Gym and is now ready to serve students during construction. The space accommodates approximately 40 students and includes most of the library's fiction collection. During the fall semester, library media instruction will be provided in classrooms while the temporary library supports student access to books and independent work.

Before

In the foreground, bookshelves filled with books are visible, while the background reveals a spacious library with tables and chairs, and large windows looking out onto trees.

In the foreground, tables and chairs are arranged on a carpeted floor, while the background reveals rows of bookshelves and windows.

A spacious library with a carpeted floor in the foreground and rows of bookshelves and large windows in the background.

A wide shot of a library's carpeted floor in the foreground leads to a reception desk, bookshelves, and an American flag in the background.

A tripod and laptop sit on a desk in the foreground, while a hallway with double doors is visible in the background.

A library circulation and reference desk with computers sits in the foreground, while bookshelves filled with books line the background.

A carpeted hallway with tables and chairs in the foreground leads to a glass-enclosed room in the background.

A black office chair sits in front of a large, empty wooden reception desk, with green pillars and office furniture visible in the background.

In the foreground, a desk holds a basket of items and some books, while the background reveals an empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs.

A spacious library with a circulation desk in the foreground and rows of bookshelves and tables in the background.

In the foreground, empty wooden tables with chairs are arranged on a carpeted floor, while the background features rows of study carrels and large windows.

A cardboard box sits on a table in the foreground of a classroom with large windows looking out onto a library in the background.

A table with a puzzle sits in the foreground of a room filled with stacked boxes and windows in the background.

In the foreground, several empty desks and chairs are arranged on a protective floor covering, while the background reveals a wall of bookshelves and a large, open room with more furniture and equipment.

In the foreground, rolled-up papers sit on a desk, while the background reveals a library with bookshelves and a basketball hoop.

In the foreground, empty tables and chairs are set up in a library, while the background features tall bookshelves filled with books.

In the foreground, a mobile cart with a touchscreen display sits on a floor marked with blue lines, while the background reveals a library with bookshelves, tables, and computers.

In the foreground, a stack of black equipment and cables sits on a checkered floor, while the background reveals a cluttered office space with desks, shelves, and electronic devices.

A cluttered office space with a desk, chair, and shelves filled with boxes in the foreground, and a doorway leading to another room in the background.

A cluttered room with a purple shelf filled with supplies in the foreground and a wall of cabinets and desks in the background.

Current Construction Activity – Demolition

Demolition

In the foreground, a pile of disassembled red-topped tables lies on a carpeted floor, while the background reveals a large, empty office space with green-painted columns and large windows.

A pile of debris sits on the carpeted floor in the foreground, while the background reveals a large, empty room with large windows overlooking trees.

Cardboard debris and a red portable toilet fill the foreground of a room undergoing renovation, with an orange ladder and exposed ceiling in the background.

A red storage bin and debris litter the floor of an abandoned room with damaged walls and ceiling.

A bare concrete floor fills the foreground, leading to a partially constructed interior with a glass-enclosed office and open doorways in the background.

Three large, dark trash bins sit on a debris-strewn carpeted floor in an empty room with white walls and fluorescent lighting.

A checkered floor leads into an empty room with exposed wires and a doorway to a cluttered hallway.

Debris and blue wires litter the floor of an empty, unfinished room with a corkboard on the left wall and a window on the right.

Exposed ductwork and ceiling infrastructure dominate the foreground, while a yellow-walled room with a green-trimmed window forms the background.

Exposed ductwork and pipes are visible in the foreground, while the background reveals a room with green pillars and windows.

A large, unfinished room with exposed pipes and ductwork overhead and concrete floors in the foreground, while the background shows windows and partially painted walls.

Exposed ductwork and pipes dominate the foreground, while the background reveals an unfinished room with large windows and yellow-painted walls.

A bare, dusty concrete floor with a scale and some wires in the foreground leads to a room with glass doors and exposed ceiling infrastructure in the background.

Exposed ductwork and pipes are visible in the unfinished ceiling above a large, empty room with green support columns in the foreground.

A large, empty, concrete-floored room with green pillars in the foreground and a hallway with doors and office furniture visible in the background.

A green pillar stands in the foreground of a room under construction, with exposed ceilings, wiring, and unfinished walls in the background.

A red construction machine sits on the wet concrete floor in the foreground, while the background reveals an unfinished interior with exposed ductwork and doorways.

Yellow caution tape stretches across a dusty, tiled floor in the foreground, while the background reveals a long, empty hallway with chairs and construction materials.

A dusty, tiled floor with yellow caution tape in the foreground leads to a closed library/media center entrance decorated with painted trees in the background.

A pile of rubble sits in the foreground of a construction site with exposed ceilings and unfinished walls in the background.

Debris litters the floor in the foreground of a partially demolished room with exposed wiring and a doorway visible in the background.

Piles of debris litter the concrete floor of a dimly lit, unfinished room with exposed ceiling pipes and scaffolding in the background.

A pile of white debris fills the foreground of a room with a partially demolished wall and a dusty, hazy background.

A concrete floor fills the foreground, leading to a large, unfinished interior space with exposed walls and doorways in the background.

A bare concrete floor fills the foreground, leading to a hallway with a door on the left and double glass doors with a yellow stanchion on the right, all under exposed ceiling pipes and lights.

A large, unfinished concrete room with exposed ceiling pipes and lights is visible, with a doorway in the distance.

CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE

Project Schedule June 2026 - March 2027

Planning
- Contract Signing: June 15
- Submittals: 3 Weeks
Construction
- Worksite Prep & Demolition: July 7
- Demo Complete / Layout: July 22
- Mechanical Systems
- Carpentry & Drywall: September 22
Finishes
- Acoustical: October 27
- Glazing: November 10
- Flooring: November 28
- Casework: December 1
- Painting: December 15
Closeout
- Substantial Completion: December 29
- Punch List: January 5
- Final Completion: March 25, 2027

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Current Construction Activity – Demolition

Current Construction Activity – Demolition

Demolition

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