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Poway Unified’s Design39Campus Advances Toward Fall 2014 Opening
With grading complete, foundations in and buildings under construction for Poway Unified and Del Sur’s newest school, the K-8 school known as Design39Campus is advancing toward its August 2014 opening.
Anyone driving by the site at Lone Quail Road and Camino Del Sur across from Del Norte High School can spot the buildings going up. They include a multipurpose room dubbed “The Showcase,” the cafeteria area, the fitness lab/gym and outdoor pavilion with its large, angled roofline, the Welcome Center and two classroom buildings.
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Del Sur residents can also spot the Promenade, the stair-lined walkway through the campus where concrete steps were recently poured, and the parking lot.
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“One of the joys of building in Del Sur has been our relationship with Poway school officials,” said Bill Ostrem, president at Del Sur. “Our concern for having quality schools in our community matches the district’s mission, so working with them in planning and construction of the new school as we did with Del Norte High and Del Sur Elementary has been rewarding.”
Students living within participating Community Facilities Districts may choose to participate in the new school’s selection process, or attend their neighborhood school.
When completed, Design39Campus – the last to be built in the respected Poway district – will have 156,000 square feet of learning space with 56 teaching stations, a gym/pavilion, an amphitheater, a fitness trail and more. In designing the school, the architectural team concentrated on flexibility of space, use of natural light and technology. Covering 22 acres, the campus can accommodate 1,500 students.
“Watching the school rise from the ground, both from a construction and curriculum standpoint, has been absolutely inspiring,” said Sonya Wrisley, Principal of Design39Campus. “We can’t wait to share this beautiful and innovative campus with students next Fall.”
San Diego architecture firm BakerNowicki Design Studio designed the school. The contractor is Echo Pacific Construction.
For more information about Design39Campus, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/design39campus/.
About Del Sur:
Located in the coastal hills of San Diego – between interstates 5 and 15 and just north of State Route 56 – is award-winning master-planned community Del Sur. The community, known for its distinctive architecture, abundant parks and recreational amenities, is now home to more than 800 families.
Residents at Del Sur enjoy access to six neighborhood parks, five with year-round swimming pools heated with solar panels, as well as 18 miles of shared trails and open space to explore. Additional neighborhood parks are underway.
Also at Del Sur are three top-performing schools within the Poway Unified School District (PUSD): Del Sur Elementary School, Oak Valley Middle School and Del Norte High School, and soon Design39Campus.
Six detached and townhome neighborhoods, including Garretson, Carrillo, Hawthorne, Presidio and Marston by Standard Pacific Homes, and Brookfield Sentinels by Brookfield Residential, are now selling at Del Sur. Floor plans range from approximately 1,500 to more than 4,600 square feet, with pricing from the $500,000s.
To visit Del Sur, exit Camino Del Sur off of State Route 56 and head north or exit Camino del Norte off of Interstate-15 and head west.
