Shaler Area School District is embarking on a project to construct a new, fully accessible, state-of-the-art primary school at the site of Rogers Primary School on Scott Avenue to be called Scott Primary School.

Rogers Primary School closed its doors April 2015 following an electrical fire. The Shaler Area School Board voted on Aug. 19, 2015 to authorize HHSDR Architects and Engineers to proceed with the schematic designs to demolish and construct a new school on the site.

The new 82,279-square-foot K-3 Primary School will be a two-story structure that will accommodate 460 to 600 students. The school is designed to house each grade level in its own neighborhood of classrooms and special education rooms and includes additional parking capacity, enhanced security features, a separate cafeteria, library, gymnasium and STEAM room.

The board has approved and adopted the maximum project cost of $25.8 million and the maximum building construction cost of $18 million for the school project.


NEW: In addition to the weekly construction updates posted to the website (on the right-hand side of this page), interested members of the public now can view progress on the construction site in real time with a live video stream of the project.