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1 school, 4 locations: Trenton Central High School students to be split up as work begins on new school
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on August 28, 2014 at 6:30 AM, updated August 28, 2014 at 6:35 AMFor the last 82 years students have streamed through the front doors and into the grand foyer of Trenton Central High School’s Chambers Street campus each September for the first day of school, but this year on Sept. 8, no students will cross the threshold of the building, which is set for partial demolition and renovations to be completed over the next four years.
Instead, the student body will be split across four locations while the work is ongoing. Furniture and supplies have already been moved into the other buildings, all of which were given their certificate of occupancy this week, said Principal Hope Grant, who oversaw from the planning stages the move to temporary facilities during construction. Grant said she is thankful that the move into the new locations has gone smoothly.
“We were successful to have this all take place and have it done on time,” Grant said.
“We did it,” Grant said. “And this was a monumental task.”Each building will be home to a separate “small learning community,” a specific focus area for students which has been a part of the school’s curriculum for several years.