(BIVN) -The construction of a new building on the Parker School’s Waimea campus got underway last week with a groundbreaking ceremony.
A traditional Hawaiian ceremony held on Thursday, January 26, marked the start of work on The SMART Center, a planned 21,000 square foot multi-use facility that is said to be the largest project in the Parker School’s 47-year history. From a news release:
This $16 million capital improvement project on Parker’s 20-acre Waimea campus on Hawaii Island is the largest in the School’s 47-year history and will include a 10,800 square foot gymnasium with locker rooms and athletic personnel offices, a 3,600 square foot technology center (three divisible rooms featuring a robotics lab, makerspace and design lab), a 1,600 square foot dance studio, a 1,200 square foot fitness center, a commercial kitchen, and multiple outdoor learning spaces.
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