CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The Chambersburg School Board got a look this week at what an academic wing for its students at the Franklin County Career and Technology Center might look like and cost.
Architect Tom Crabtree on Wednesday presented a preliminary concept for a two-story, 86,000-square-foot addition to the center that would cost about $17 million to build. The wing would accommodate about 300 students each semester, while up to another 300 district students would be attending career courses in the technology center.
Additionally, there would be differentiated programming labs for 100 or more students who would not take regular career courses. Superintendent Joseph Padasak said these classes would not be for "problem students," but for students in need of "life skills" training.
The proposal indicated the district would need to buy about 12 acres of land at the career center compound, now jointly owned by an authority created by the county's six school districts and run by a joint operating committee.