Orange, NJ –The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) joined Orange School District leaders and students as well as state and local officials yesterday to celebrate the addition/renovation project to Cleveland Street Elementary School.

“This is one of two school projects built by the SDA and the Murphy Administration, which opened to students this past September,” said SDA CEO, Manuel Da Silva. “We delivered a school facility that preserves its historic charm while incorporating LEED features, replacing building systems, and redesigning educational spaces. In collaboration with the Orange School District, this project has enhanced and renewed a community school that will now benefit new generations of Orange students in the years ahead.”

The SDA’s addition/renovation project at the Cleveland Street Elementary School in Orange included an 11,500 square-foot addition and renovations to the 100+ year-old existing facility. The addition provided a flexible, multi-use space with a stage that can be used as a cafeteria, gymnasium, and auditorium. The renovations included converting the basement areas to provide a main office, a media center, an art room, a music room, a science room, and a computer instructional area. It also included replacement of windows throughout the building, as well as new HVAC equipment, and a replacement stair installation. Consistent with NJSDA standards, this school was delivered with 1:1 student-device technology.

Terminal Construction was the general contractor of this $51.7 million project. The Architect was Lan Associates and the project was managed by EPIC Management.

The SDA has invested approximately $212 million in completed projects in Orange since the inception of the school construction program, including the Orange High School addition/renovation project that opened to students in 2021 and the Cleveland Street Elementary School project.

About the New Jersey Schools Development Authority

The SDA is the State agency responsible for fully funding and managing the new construction, modernization and renovation of school facilities projects in 31 SDA Districts. Its current portfolio of active projects is valued at approximately $2 billion – including the Capital Project portfolio, emergent projects and Regular Operating District grants. Since the program’s inception, the SDA has provided funding for and management oversight of 900 completed school facilities projects in SDA Districts and has executed more than 5,400 grants for Regular Operating Districts throughout the State of New Jersey. For more information about the SDA, please visit our website at: www.njsda.gov or follow us on social media at: Facebook; Instagram; LinkedIn; or Twitter.