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Virginia Beach outlines $25M plan to consolidate three elementary campuses into two
Summary
Officials presented CIP project 1-028 to reconfigure Diamond Springs, Newtown and Betty F. Williams schools into a two-school 'tri-campus' model, estimating additions of roughly 7,400 sq ft at Diamond Springs and 22,300 sq ft at Newtown with combined costs expected to remain within the $25 million CIP allocation.
Melissa Ingram, executive director of facility services for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, told the school board on Oct. 14 that the division will reconfigure a three-school cluster into two campuses as part of CIP project 1-028.
Ingram said Diamond Springs Elementary would become a pre-K through first-grade site and Newtown Elementary would serve second through fifth grades. "Diamond Springs will require an addition equivalent to about 6 classroom spaces or 7,400 square feet," she said, and Newtown would need roughly 18 classrooms — about 22,300 square feet — to…
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