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Leo E. Solomon Educational Complex

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LOCATION: Wilkes-Barre Area School District
SIZE: 185,000 s.f.

Description:
The Leo E. Solomon Educational Complex/Plains Memorial Junior High replaced existing schools in the district. The school was designed as two separate schools. This new state of the art school accommodates 1,650 students. The structure consists of two stories and contains two distinctly separate elementary and junior high schools. The site accommodates parking, bus loading areas, athletic fields, running track, and bicycle/walking trails.
The junior high portion (grades 7/8) contains classrooms, a gym, library, cafeteria and offices. The elementary school portion (K-6) has a multipurpose room, library, cafeteria and a covered play area. One of the unique features of this school is the built-in flexibility. Two independent cafeterias can be opened into one large assembly area, which can be further expanded into the adjacent multipurpose room to make an even larger room. The 185,000 sf building accommodates 1000 elementary school students and 650 junior high students. The project was completed while Joel K. Sims, AIA  was Senior Vice President/ Equity Partner at Quad Three Group.


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