Prince William County Schools officials today will cut the ribbon its newest elementary school.
The yet-to-named elementary school will be built on a site proffered to the county by the Ferlazzo family to be used as an elementary school.
The site is located near the intersection of Minnieville and Spriggs roads in Woodbridge.
The elementary school will the 59th school of its kind in Prince William County. A total of 55,000 cubic yards of dirt must be moved to make way for the building, according to a press release.
The new building will resemble an adaptation of Yorkshire Elementary School, will accommodate 924 students, and will include two classrooms for the nearby school at Independent Hill.
“The Ferlazzo school will be a positive learning environment where creativity and technology are immersed in high academic standards—a school where STEAM will ignite unlimited possibilities for all students,” stated Principal Felicia Norwood in a press release, who will lead the school when it opens.
The groundbreaking will be held at 9:30 a.m. and is open to the public. The new school is slated to open in fall 2016.
School officials recently broke ground on another new elementary school in Woodbridge — a replacement for R. Dean Kilby Elementary School that opened in 2005.
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