Project Architect:  FLETCHER THOMPSON ARCHITECTURE, LLC
Mr. Thomas A. Fantacone, AIA
One Tower Center Boulevard
East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816
732-246-5620

Client:  An SCC Project for the Elizabeth Board of Education
Elizabeth, New Jersey

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  The design for the proposed new 300,613 square foot facility provides for a four-story high school, topped with two stories of the School District's Main Offices. The utility of the site was maximized and allowed for the development of multiple Physical Education fields. In addition to core curriculum and instructional spaces, including thirty-five (35) general classrooms, which will accommodate approximately 900 students, the school will feature a large multipurpose theater for musical and theatrical productions, and a 1800-square-foot Drama Lab. Additional focused areas include set design and woodworking shop, sewing and costume fabrication lab, and a television studio.

The new school will provide separate entrances. The East entrance will serve as the main entryway for the Performing Arts School Community and public audience entry for theatrical performances. The West entrance is intended to be the main entry for the gym. Additionally, a segregated entrance and lobby with stairs and elevators to the Elizabeth Public Schools' District Offices will be located off of Jacques Street. The building's public and assembly spaces occupy the first two floors. Classrooms and related spaces will be located on the third and fourth levels. The district offices occupying the final two levels have been set back substantially from the floors below.

Construction Cost:  $37.0 million

Completion Date:  June 2009

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