Consigli breaks ground for new Sandy Hook school
Consigli Construction of Milford, which is managing the construction of a new elementary school in Connecticut to replace the site of a gunman’s fatal rampage in 2012, has broken ground for the 87,000 square-foot state-of-the-art Sandy Hook School, the company announced Tuesday.
The $50 million facility will accommodate more than 500 students from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade in Newtown, Conn.
In December 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adult staff members before shooting himself to death. Before he drove to the school, Lanza shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home.
“There has been a tremendous outreach to allow everyone impacted to have a voice,” said Pat Llodra, a Newtown selectman, in a statement from Consigli, “and the beginning of construction will be a turning point in the community.”
The school will include three classroom wings, two of which are two stories high and overlook courtyards. Breakout spaces in the form of treehouses will be built to create an alternate learning environment. The new school will incorporate the most current and advanced educational approaches, security and design, according to Consigli.
“We are very aware of how much this new school means to the people of Newtown. We hope that as it takes shape, it will contribute to the continued renewal of the Sandy Hook community. This project is about much more than a new building,” company president Anthony Consigli said in a statement.
After extensive evaluation, the Town of Newtown decided to demolish and rebuild the Sandy Hook School on its existing property. Consigli oversaw the demolition of the original 70,000-square-foot building in 2013 and worked with the town and the design team throughout the process.
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