The Jersey P.A.N.T.H.E.Rs.New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (NJSCC or SCC) is a public agency in New Jersey that is responsible for implementing an $8.6 billion overhaul of the educational infrastructure of hundreds of schools in districts throughout all 21 counties of the State representatives joined Paterson Public School District educators, city officials, community supporters and construction workers for a topping off ceremony marking a milestone at the new P.A.N.T.H.E.R. Academy, a state-of-the-art aerospace studies high school being built in Trenton in conjunction with the National Aeronautics aeronautics: see aerodynamics; airplane; aviation. & Space Administration. After a brief ceremony, the new 5,000 s/f, three-story school addition was literally "topped off" when the planetarium planetarium, optical device used to project a representation of the heavens onto a domed ceiling; the term also designates the building that houses such a device. A modern planetarium consists of as many as 150 motor-driven projectors mounted on an axis. dome--a tubular aluminum framework 27-foot high and 40-foot in diameter--was hoisted by crane some 70 feet in the air and set into place to complete the structure at Memorial Drive and Ellison Street in downtown Paterson Downtown Paterson is the main commercial district of Paterson, New Jersey and was once a shopping mecca for the northern part of the state. After a devastating fire in 1902, the city rebuilt the downtown with massive Beaux-Arts-style buildings, many of which remain to this day. . The addition is connected to the existing school building, a completely renovated 12,000 s/f, one-story structure that formerly housed an automotive parts business. Comerro Coppa Architects designed the school and Joseph A. Natoli Construction Corp. was awarded the construction contract. Aside from a planetarium and auditorium, P.A.N.T.H.E.R.--Paterson and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Together for High Expectations and Results--will include 10 classrooms, two chemistry labs, a physics lab, a computer lab and a media center. The school, which will accommodate 150 students pursuing a math and science curriculum, is schedule/d to open this fall. The $9 million project is being fully funded and managed by the SCC SCC - strongly connected component as part of the state's unprecedented $8.6 billion school construction program. "This new school project is representative of New Jersey's continued commitment to our children. We are living up to our most important obligation by providing 21st century facilities to ensure every child has the opportunity to get the education they deserve and the skills necessary to start school," said Governor McGreevey. Paterson School Superintendent Noun 1. school superintendent - the superintendent of a school system overseer, superintendent - a person who directs and manages an organization Dr. Edwin Duroy believes that the new building's features "will inspire students and enhance the P.A.N.T.H.E.R. Academy's math, science and technology driven program." |
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