New Peters Township High School Design: Five Things You Should Know

PETERS TOWNSHIP, PA - Now that a construction manager has been hired for the project, detailed plans are emerging about the new $90 million Peters Township High School that will be built on the former Rolling Hills Country Club property.

The school district recently hired Reynolds Construction of O’Hara to be the construction manager; the company will be paid $1.6 million. The hiring coincided with the release of design details for the 280,000-square foot school and its campus, which district officials hope will be ready for the 2020-21 school year.

Here are five things you should know about the project:

1. The building will have three floor levels. The main entrance to the building will be on the upper floor with the middle and lowest floors moving downward to the site grades.

2. The development will include a drop-off plaza for 30 buses, parking spaces for approximately 400 students, 200 staff parking spaces, 20 visitor parking spaces and 120 additional parking spaces in the bus plaza for use during after-hours events.

To maximize the building’s after-hours use, the floor plan is organized by three wings converging in a lobby-commons area immediately off the main entrance. The wings are designated as:

3. Fine Arts: Will feature a secure main entrance, 1,200-seat auditorium, 600-seat cafeteria, four large group instruction areas, music classrooms, a TV studio, art classrooms, technology education classrooms, and administrative, health and guidance suites.

4. Academic: Will have 47 general instruction classrooms, 13 science labs, three BCIT classrooms, a large group instruction area, special education classrooms and teacher planning classrooms, all organized around a central two-story learning commons.

5. Athletics: Will house a 2,000-seat gym, physical education and team locker rooms, an adaptive gymnasium, weight room and fitness room.

Photo: Peters Township School District.