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Preston Park comes online as Roanoke schools map three‑phase boundary and capital plan
Summary
School operations and facilities staff said Preston Park construction is on time and on budget and outlined a three‑phase plan to realign attendance zones and address educationally inadequate buildings and high‑school overcrowding; no final decisions were made at the joint meeting.
Roanoke City Public Schools presented a facilities and boundary update at the March 16 joint meeting with Roanoke City Council, saying Preston Park elementary will open on schedule and the division will pursue a staged approach to address aging buildings and overcrowding.
Chief operations officer Chris Perkins said Preston Park will be ready in time for the coming school year, noting the project is roughly a $44 million undertaking funded in part by the division's capital reserves and by the state…
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