Vineland Celebrates Kickoff for Construction of Elementary School Addition

State Provides $3.9 Million Dollars to Vineland

Vineland, NJ (April 28, 2003) - Vineland celebrates a project kickoff today for construction of an addition to the E.R. Johnstone Elementary School. Vineland received $3.9 million from the State of New Jersey to build the addition as part of the New Jersey Schools Construction program.

The project involves the construction of a 22,600-square-foot addition to the existing E.R. Johnstone School. This new construction will provide enhanced educational opportunities for approximately 550 children in grades Pre-K through four. The new additions will include a gym, media center, cafeteria, parent resource center and teacher workroom, as well as music, computer and art classrooms.

"This phase of construction at the Johnstone School marks the beginning of a major building plan throughout the Vineland School District," said Dr. Clarence C. Hoover, III Superintendent of the Vineland School District. "Schools provide the foundation and the future for our community," Hoover added.

Johnstone Chorus

"This project is an example of the progress made in the implementation of the historic school construction initiative," said Alfred McNeill, CEO New JerseySchool Construction Corporation. "This new addition is one of the first of hundreds of school that will be built under the educational facilities law."


George Strachan, Communications Director, SCC

Under the Educational Facilities and Construction Act, the New Jersey School Construction Corporation is responsible for school projects throughout the State. The program is the largest public construction program ever undertaken by the State of New Jersey and represents one of the largest school construction programs ever undertaken in the nation.

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