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Completed Modernization - Pembroke Elementary School
Pembroke ES Original Building Opened
1962
Groundbreaking
June 25, 2002
Construction Start Date
July 1, 2002
Renovation Completed
December 2004
Building Dedicated
May 5, 2005

Building Facts

Student Capacity: 591
Building Size: 108,773 sq. ft.
Project Cost: $8.0 million
Architect: Dills Ainscough Duff Architects
Contractor: Dobson Construction

Building Improvements

  • New construction
  • Administrative suite
  • Lobby with security desk
  • Media center
  • Computer lab
  • Art, music, guidance suite
  • Special programs room, clinic for the general population and adjacent clinic for the students with special needs

Renovation

  • All classrooms/instructional spaces, gym, cafetorium, kitchen

Site Improvements

  • New basketball courts and goals
  • New pavement over existing parking lots
  • New landscaping
  • New kindergarten play area
  • New parking lot lights with underground wiring

Unique Features

  • Large space frame canopy over the new entrance to the school (the space frame is the structure that supports the large roof on the concrete columns; it looks a little like an erector set or tinker toys).
  • A second courtyard was created between the new administration suite and the existing classroom wing. The lobby and corridor have a view of the courtyard through large windows.
  • Wall mosaic made up of individual tiles that the students (and some staff) created.
  • Wall murals of horses (the school mascot) by a local artist.
  • Electrically controlled doors at the entrance and at the media center for the students with special needs.

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