RANGELEY — The School Board on Tuesday accepted an architectural firm’s report that outlines options for renovating or replacing Rangeley Lakes Regional School.

The two-story building was constructed in 1977 and houses about 200 students in grades kindergarten to 12, Superintendent Brian Foster said by phone Wednesday night. He said the purpose of the firm’s assessment was to determine “what we needed to do going forward” for the building’s general maintenance and upkeep, and making it fit educational programs.

Dave Hart of the H.L. Turner Group, a New England-wide architecture, engineering and building science firm, made a detailed PowerPoint presentation to the board. The firm is conferring with the board’s Facilities Committee about strategies for improving the 42,000-square-foot building.

Hart said the Turner team reviewed previous reports, interviewed faculty and staff, met with the Facilities Committee, and conducted on-site inspections before developing concept diagrams for renovations and additions, and preliminary cost projections.

The report contained recommendations and cost projections for one year, two to five years, and 10 years.

Total projected renovation costs came to $794,547 for the first year of the projects, $1,132,374 for years two to five, and $1,201,620 through year 10. Hart said projected cost for complete building replacement was approximately $16 million.

Hart showed floor plans for suggested additions to the school, which included a large all-purpose room with a stage for performances, extensions for science labs and the elementary and middle school wings, and a possible relocation of the building’s entry. The suggested expansion would allow the school to bring programs currently housed in the portable classroom into the main building.

Similar renovations elsewhere were managed as phased projects, scheduling work over the summer, and work on selected parts while school is in session. A plan that would add the extensions to the necessary upgrades would come close to $6 million.

Board member Chris Farmer said the goal of the report was to give the board building blocks so it can explain to the public what needs to be done. For example, Farmer said, the report has identified 10 or 12 water intrusion issues that need to be addressed quickly.

Board member Harold Schaetzle asked Hart if the building would last another 30 years with the suggested improvements, and Hart said it should last 20 to 40 years, “because the building has good bones.”

Superintendent Brian Foster pointed out that the state has renovation funds, loaned at little or no interest, for specific projects.

Ginny Nuttall said it is important to have a good long-term look at the directions things need to go. “This will help us explain to the public that we have to put considerable money into our building,” she said.

The board voted to accept the report and send it to the Facilities Committee for the next phase.

In other news, Foster said there are 14 applications for physical education director.

The board approved all the appointments for winter coaching positions, though Foster said there are no candidates for middle school girls’ or boys’ basketball.

Forms for self-evaluation have been delivered to all board members, with a request to have them completed and returned to Foster by the next meeting June 25. New board members elected Tuesday will be sworn in July 1.

The board accepted the first reading of policies addressing use and procedures for physical restraint and seclusion in discipline problems. Foster said this policy has been controversial since it was first proposed at the state level a year ago.

Schaetzle suggested more parental involvement in a timely manner, and Farmer added that it will be important to put the final policy on the school’s website for the public to view.