Grades: K-4
Active Project (s): Parking lot improvement and access ramp reconstruction. Installation of landscape strips and striping.
New Construction Plan at Powel Elementary and SLA Middle School
Complete
Scope of work: Parking lot improvement and access ramp reconstruction. Installation of landscape strips and striping.
Budget: $277,700
Board Approval Date:6/23/22
Status: Construction Complete
Scope of work: The new K-8 school is approximately 87,000 square feet with a capacity of 720 students. The building will be the new home for students from Powel Elementary School and Science Leadership Academy Middle School. The construction is in its final phase and is anticipated to be complete by the end of November 2020. Furniture, equipment, and IT installation will be finished during December to make the building ready for occupancy in January 2021.
Budget: $33.5 million
Status: Construction Complete
Groundbreaking Ceremony
The School District of Philadelphia and Drexel University held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Monday, December 9 for a building that will house two public schools in West Philadelphia. The School District of Philadelphia will lease the building from Drexel and the facility will house both the Samuel Powel Elementary School and the Science Leadership Academy Middle School (SLAMS).
Background
In May 2019, Drexel University entered into an agreement with developer Wexford Science and Technology for the development of the 87,000-square-foot, two-story building. The $40 million school project is funded through a combination of private and public funding secured by Drexel, including the School District of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and New Markets Tax Credits, aided by generous contributions from the Lenfest Foundation, PECO, Wexford and Ventas, a leading real estate investment trust.