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SCC, Fairfield Educators Open New Elementary School

Fairfield Twp., NJ (December 16, 2006) - Students, teachers and parents in this rural Cumberland County community turned out today for a ribbon-cutting for the new Fairfield Elementary School. The school, which replaces two overcrowded facilities, will enhance academic achievement and provide much-needed early childhood education programs for 600 students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.

Local and state officials also were on hand for the milestone event held by the Fairfield Township School District and the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (SCC). Local voters had overwhelmingly approved the new school at a bond referendum thanks to a concerted grassroots effort that brought the community of 5,700 residents together.

At the ceremony, school board president Thomas C. Lane IV was acknowledged as a moving force behind the new school. Lane, a retired Bridgeton school superintendent and a former Fairfield teacher and principal, will be honored with a plaque in the school.

John Klug, Fairfield Superintendent of Schools, remarked, "This superb new facility will enable us to provide our students with the quality education they deserve."

Scott Weiner, CEO of SCC, stated, "We are proud to be a part of Fairfield Township’s significant achievement. I congratulate the community for coming together to work with the school board, school district and area officials to bring about this new school to benefit present and future generations of students."

The SCC has opened 32 new schools and completed 31 projects involving additions and major renovations in Abbott districts, along with 354 health-and-safety projects. A total of 70 projects ranging from new schools to interior rehabilitation are under way.

In addition to managing projects in Abbott districts, the SCC also oversees a half-dozen projects in districts such as Fairfield that receive more than 55 percent of their funding.

The new one-story 75,000-square-foot Fairfield Elementary School is located on Gouldtown-Woodruff Road in the town’s Gouldtown section. It includes 25 classrooms, a science lab, a media center/library and a cafetorium. It replaces a primary school in the Fairton section and a middle school that date back to the 1920s.The primary school is slated for historical preservation while the old middle school will be razed.

The new school was designed by Lighthouse Architecture, Inc. of Philadelphia and built by Imperial Construction of Elizabeth, NJ. URS Corp. managed the project for the SCC.

 

 
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