Completed New Building - Newtown Elementary School
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Original Building Opened 1970 |
| Groundbreaking June 29, 2006 |
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| Construction Start Date July 1, 2006 |
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| Completion Date December 2007 (approx) |
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| Building Dedication June 4, 2008 |
Building Facts
| Student Capacity: | 543 |
| Grades Housed : | 2-3 |
| Site Acreage: | 15.20 |
| Current square footage: | 71,372 sq. ft. |
| New square footage: | 93,805 sq. ft. |
| Cost of Construction: | $14 million |
| Architect: | VIA Design Architects |
| Contractor: | Blueridge General, Inc. |
The original Newtown Elementary was completed in 1970. During the construction phase of the new school, it continued to house students until the new building was completed. After the students and staff moved into the new facility, the old building was torn down to make way for the ball fields and parking areas that are now under construction.
Newtown Elementary is a prototype plan used by the school division for 13 other elementary schools to include: Christopher Farms, Linkhorn Park, Seatack, New Castle, Bayside, Kempsville Meadows, Woodstock, Hermitage, Three Oaks, Brookwood, Windsor Woods, Arrowhead and Diamond Springs.
Newtown Elementary (name changed May 2007), along with the new Diamond Springs Elementary and the existing Bettie F. Williams Elementary form the Bayside Tri-Campus.
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 coved ceiling, indirect lighting, and custom mural.
Site improvements include
- Staff and visitor parking
- Bus loop
- Athletic fields
- Play areas and landscaping
- Learning Circle and a public park, as mentioned above