Completed New Building - Diamond Springs Elementary School
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Groundbreaking June 29, 2006 |
Completion Date |
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| Building Dedication June 4, 2008 |
Building Facts
| Student Capacity: | 612 |
| Site Acreage: | 14.7 |
| Grades Housed: | Kindergarten and 1st Grade |
| Square Footage: | 96,180 sq. ft. |
| Cost of Construction: | $14 million |
| Architect: | Folck, West and Savage |
| Contractor: | Blueridge General, Inc. |
Spaces within both schools include:
- General classrooms
- Administrative offices
- Clinic
- Guidance suite
- Music room
- Art room with access to the central courtyard
- Media center and adjoining computer lab
- Special education classrooms
- Cafetorium with platform
- Gymnasium
- Faculty dining
- Commons Area with sloped ceiling and custom mural
Site improvements include:
- Staff and visitor parking
- Bus loop
- Athletic fields (baseball field has lights)
- Play areas and landscaping
- Learning Circle and a public park, as mentioned above
Diamond Springs Elementary School was built on a section of the former Williams Farm property which the City of Virginia Beach acquired. A public park and a city street (Learning Circle) were built in conjunction with the new Newtown Elementary and Diamond Springs. The park and the street represent joint ventures with the City of Virginia Beach’s Departments of Parks and Recreation and Public Works. The cost of the street project is approximately $3 million and the park cost is approximately $2 million.
Newtown Elementary, Diamond Springs Elementary and Bettie F. Williams Elementary form the Bayside Tri-Campus.