Groundbreaking Ceremony Held For New Lincoln Elementary School
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Performance Services is the contractor for the project. Design partners include Kovert Hawkins Architects; Veridus Group; Lynch, Harrison and Brumleve; and Primary Engineering and Technology Dynamics.
John Bonta, project director for Performance Services, said site work will begin next week on Lincoln and plans are for students to use the building by this time next year.
Washington STEM Academy will receive an addition with a new science, technology, engineering and math lab with the project beginning in March and being completed in the fall.
Edgewood Middle School will receive an addition with a new STEM lab. The project also will begin in March and be completed in the fall.
The new two-story Lincoln school will be an 81,000-square-foot building with 28 classrooms, a new gymnasium and stage, a cafeteria, a new STEM lab, restrooms and administrative offices. There also will be a multi-media center.
“It’s an exciting project and has been great working with the city and school corporation,” Bonta said.
Dr. David Hoffert, Warsaw Community School superintendent, said there is excitement for a safe and secure environment.
“Lincoln has been an amazing school academically, and it has come to the end of its life cycle and it was time to add equity inside our school system,” Hoffert said. “We are very thankful for the public allowing us the opportunity to move forward with a new Lincoln Elementary for the next generation of students.”
Cathy Snyder, Lincoln principal since 2002, said the existing school has outgrown its building and the new school will provide more space to offer programs.
“Lincoln was built in the 1950s and education needs have changed, and the number of programs needed to be offered also have changed,” Snyder said.
Students and teachers at Lincoln said they are excited for the new school.
Elijah Banes, Lincoln fourth-grader, said it will be exciting to have a new school.
“I’m excited about the new gym and STEM lab,” he said.
Sarah Morgan, Lincoln fifth-grader, said she also is looking forward to the new school.
“I’m going to join the robotics team and am excited about the STEM lab,” she said.
Rachel Grose, Lincoln fifth-grade teacher, said the building of a new school is bittersweet.
“My husband Jeff and I attended Lincoln, as well as our children. There are a lot of memories here,” she said.
Grose said the new school will be an asset to students and staff.[[In-content Ad]]
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Performance Services is the contractor for the project. Design partners include Kovert Hawkins Architects; Veridus Group; Lynch, Harrison and Brumleve; and Primary Engineering and Technology Dynamics.
John Bonta, project director for Performance Services, said site work will begin next week on Lincoln and plans are for students to use the building by this time next year.
Washington STEM Academy will receive an addition with a new science, technology, engineering and math lab with the project beginning in March and being completed in the fall.
Edgewood Middle School will receive an addition with a new STEM lab. The project also will begin in March and be completed in the fall.
The new two-story Lincoln school will be an 81,000-square-foot building with 28 classrooms, a new gymnasium and stage, a cafeteria, a new STEM lab, restrooms and administrative offices. There also will be a multi-media center.
“It’s an exciting project and has been great working with the city and school corporation,” Bonta said.
Dr. David Hoffert, Warsaw Community School superintendent, said there is excitement for a safe and secure environment.
“Lincoln has been an amazing school academically, and it has come to the end of its life cycle and it was time to add equity inside our school system,” Hoffert said. “We are very thankful for the public allowing us the opportunity to move forward with a new Lincoln Elementary for the next generation of students.”
Cathy Snyder, Lincoln principal since 2002, said the existing school has outgrown its building and the new school will provide more space to offer programs.
“Lincoln was built in the 1950s and education needs have changed, and the number of programs needed to be offered also have changed,” Snyder said.
Students and teachers at Lincoln said they are excited for the new school.
Elijah Banes, Lincoln fourth-grader, said it will be exciting to have a new school.
“I’m excited about the new gym and STEM lab,” he said.
Sarah Morgan, Lincoln fifth-grader, said she also is looking forward to the new school.
“I’m going to join the robotics team and am excited about the STEM lab,” she said.
Rachel Grose, Lincoln fifth-grade teacher, said the building of a new school is bittersweet.
“My husband Jeff and I attended Lincoln, as well as our children. There are a lot of memories here,” she said.
Grose said the new school will be an asset to students and staff.[[In-content Ad]]
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