A new school is opening in the Manassas area in the winter of January 2017.
Due to overcrowding in grade levels fifth and sixth, this new school is being built to relieve overcrowded classrooms. These students will be coming from the Baldwin attendance zone.
This new school will be succeeding the soon to be former Baldwin. It will still be known as Baldwin Elementary School and Baldwin Intermediate School. A portion of the new school will accommodate the Pre-K through fourth grade students. The intermediate portion of the school will accommodate the fifth and sixth grade students.
According to Almeta Radford the Public Communications Coordinator for Manassas City Public Schools, the new building is 140,188 square feet. Pre-K through fourth grade students will have 32 designated classrooms while 12 classrooms will be for the fifth and sixth grade students. The six encore classes for gym, art, and music will be shared.
Construction of the new Baldwin began in March of 2015. The elementary side will be opening in January 2017 for 700 students. The fifth grade side of the school is scheduled to open in the fall of 2017. The sixth grade side is scheduled to open the following fall in 2018. Collectively, 316 students will fill the intermediate side of the school will be expecting 316 students.
About 140 staff members are expected to work throughout the school building.
