BNIM is working closely with the Crossroads Academy of Kansas City to expand their current program from K-5 to include a 6-8 grade middle school, and develop a downtown campus in the urban core. Phase I, completed January 2015, included the renovation to a 30,000 sf historic building to include classrooms and multipurpose rooms for the K-8 charter school. BNIM and the Crossroads Academy have developed a different model for how classrooms are designed for collaboration by creating small rooms, individual spaces, huddle rooms, group areas, and pods. Interior demountable glass partitions provide openness within the floorplan, yet allow a teacher to move between students working in different groups in the spaces, while maintaining line-of-sight to the entire class.

For Phase 2, currently in design development, BNIM is renovating an existing historic building of about 15,000 sf to include a gym and two new classrooms. An elevated glass skywalk connects the two school buildings together across the alleyway. The multipurpose gym, connected at grade-level to the school building, is designed as a space for gym class, large school functions, youth activities, and an afterschool pick-up location.