Like the auditorium, the gym is another large span structure in which care must be taken to avoid opportunities for students to enter via skylights and climbing down structural elements such as trusses.
Clerestory windows can be used instead of skylights. If skylights are used they should be installed well clear of any means of climbing down to the gym floor. In addition, structural members should not be accessible from either the floor or from adjacent bleachers as per 6A2.033(2)a.
Retractable bleachers should be capable of being locked in place when not in use to prevent vandalism and persons using the space underneath to hide.
Locked equipment rooms should be visible from the exterior of the gymnasium. Glass block walls or impact resistant windows along a common corridor would allow monitoring of the interior of the equipment room.