Interim Superintendent Amber M. Dixon, along with Principal Elizabeth Giangreco and the Buffalo Board of Education, officially re-opened School #3, D’Youville Porter Campus School on Thursday. Located at 255 Porter Avenue, it is the first school to be fully air conditioned.
As part of Phase IV of the five-phase, $1.4 billion Joint School’s Reconstruction Project, D’Youville Porter is one of three schools that reopened their doors to students this fall. Southside Elementary had a reopening ceremony last week, and Lorraine Elementary will celebrate their new building next Thursday, September 29th.
Originally built in 1921, School #3 underwent a cafeteria addition in 1991. In 1996, floors above the cafeteria were built. The school holds 640 Pre-K to 8th-grade students.
The renovation projected included:
• New floors, ceilings, lights, paint colors, window frame reconditioning, interior door replacement
• Bright color scheme
• Repaired transoms over classroom doors
• Refinished gym floor
• Reconfigured the fourth floor, restored the original balcony
• New Locker Rooms
• New Science Lab
• New Home & Career room
• Reconfigured the Pre-K rooms
• New clinic
• Replaced exterior doors with new transoms
• Added exterior feature lighting and sconces
• Constructed a new playground with new fencing
• Added trees and landscaping
• Opened the transoms in the corridors, brightening the school.
Architects: Ken Schmitz and Chris Potter from Chaintreuil Jensen Stark Architects, LLP
BPS Architect/Project Manager: Brian Swartz, Assoc. A.I.A.