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District updates 2030 revitalization plan; Freshman Leadership Academy and Van Corlier near turnover, high-school core work ahead
Summary
District officials and contractors reported July 16 that early phases of the 2030 revitalization plan are approaching turnover — including the Freshman Leadership Academy and Van Corlier Elementary — while permitting and complex high-school core work move forward.
Schenectady — District leaders and the Jacobs/SEI design team updated the Board of Education on July 16 about progress on the voter-approved 2030 revitalization plan, a multi-year program of renovations and additions across district schools.
Presenters said work on early phases — including the Freshman Leadership Academy (Steinmetz) and Van Corlier Elementary — is approaching turnover, with interior classrooms, new secure entries, site work and a turf field among completed elements. Project managers described the pace as the product of overlapping design, permitting and construction phases that allow contractors to work year-round and maximize bidding competition.
Tom Lawson of Jacobs and SEI’s Matt Schools said the district is using swing-space strategies (moving students among buildings…
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