The new Lorraine Place School will provide 21st century academic opportunities for 600 students in the 3rd through 5th grades in this Monmouth County community and facilitate the district's reorganization of preschool and elementary educational programs.

Demolition work by Slavco Construction Inc. of Clifton includes razing a maintenance garage and sheds at a former bus depot. The site will be remediated, graded and fenced.

Keansburg School District and SCC officials marked the occasion in a brief ceremony at the construction site at Lorraine Place and Euclid Avenue near Route 36. The school will be built on a 6.54-acre site near Bolger Middle School and a short distance away from the borough high school, creating an educational campus for the district.

Scott Weiner, SCC chief executive officer, stated, "This site work is a significant step toward the construction of a new state-of-the-art elementary school that will address the needs of students in the Keansburg district."

Barbara Trzeszkowski, Superintendent, said, "Keansburg is an Abbott district that works. We are extremely pleased the construction of the new Lorraine Place School will have a direct impact on the district's ability to continue to provide outstanding educational programs in state-of-the-art facilities that equalize opportunities for our children and will have a lasting impact on generations to come."

Lorraine Place Elementary School will be an 86,000-square-foot, three-story facility that will include general classrooms, a media center/library, an auditorium and a gym. It also will house the central offices of the district and the Keansburg Board of Education.

The school is being designed by NJ K-12 Architects, LLC of New Brunswick. Greyhawk of Moorestown will manage the project for the SCC. The construction of the school is scheduled to begin by summer 2008 and be completed by summer 2010.