New Argentine Middle School
New Middle School - Argentine
Cost: $66,368,900
- New Build on Silver City site
- Approximately 125,000 square footage
- 900-950 Student Capacity
- New Build on Silver City site
- Approximately 125,000 square footage
- 900-950 Student Capacity
- Existing building to be demolished prior to re-build. Must wait till completion of new combined ES at Noble Prentis site to move students to begin construction, or Silver City students will need to be temporarily relocated to another site to allow for construction to start sooner (TA Edison could be an option).
- Existing Argentine MS site can be used for Swing Site, re-purposed or demolished at a later date
Amenities
- New tech-enhanced classrooms and modern learning spaces for hands-on experiences.
- State-of-the-art career and technical education facilities with industry-relevant resources.
- Upgraded campus security with advanced monitoring and safety protocols.
Did You Know
- 116 years ago, in 1908, a new Argentine High School was constructed at 22nd and Elmwood (now Ruby) to educate the growing number of high school students in the Argentine area.
- 68 years ago, in 1954, the original 1908 building was demolished and a new building was constructed. It transitioned from a high school to a middle school in the early 1970s, or about 50 years ago.
- Argentine Middle School (or High School) has been educating students since Theodore Roosevelt's last year in office, and has continued to do so through the sinking of the Titanic, the start of both World War I and II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, both the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the invention of radio and television, the launch of Sputnik, the moon landing, the rise of Microsoft and Apple Computers, 27 Olympiads, and the terms of 21 presidents.