As part of the $48.2 million EXCEL project, Synthesis designed a 10,000 sf classroom and cafetorium addition for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Magnet School. A shift in District program required the expansion of this K-6 magnet school to a K-8. The addition was designed to blend in with the existing building.

The 3,000 sf cafetorium was designed within a former courtyard. Teachers and students consider this to be a special place. Wave-like multi-colored walls and curving colorful linoleum flooring highlight the multi-purpose space. The program at the school was expanded to include 7th and 8th graders, thereby requiring two (2) science classrooms and three (3) additional interchangeable classrooms to be added in the building addition. The interior classrooms were reconfigured to provide additional 7-8 rooms including a new Family Consumer Science Room, new resource rooms, and a new kitchen to serve the new cafetorium.