Home| Construction completed: | August 1997 |
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| Number of students: | 1,050 pupils |
| Area of new construction: | 107,800 SF |
| Area per student: | 102.66 SF per pupil |
| Cost per area of new construction: | $93.64 per SF |
| Total project cost: | $10,094,804 |
Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School
301 North Eighteenth Street
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
Selinsgrove Area School District
District Administration Office
401 North 18th Street
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
Designed with expansion in mind, the Selinsgrove Intermediate Elementary School has an initial capacity of 900 pupils and easily can be enlarged. With significant developments in the highway network and residential areas planned for the next five years, short-term enrollments were projected at only 780 pupils for the 1997-1998 school year. Given this parameter, the architects developed a plan for specialty core spaces to accommodate 1,200 students.
Parental and staff concern regarding the size of the building resulted in the creation of a bipolar building the three 4th-grade areas at one end (each visually divided into 125-pupil clusters), and two 5th-grade, 125-pupil teaching teams at the other.
State of the art technology and communications were incorporated into the design of the entire school. Announcements are provided via the closed-circuit television network to wall-mounted monitors in each classroom from a studio in the library. In addition, teachers have the capability to display any screen image to the wall television via built-in video converters.
Learning labs of 1,500 square feet accommodate specialized instruction via perimeter counter/sinks, rolling workstations, underfloor power/data systems and specialized ventilation.
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