Camden’s Eastside High School students will be temporarily housed in a former elementary school while their nearly century-old high school is demolished and rebuilt.
Hundreds of Eastside High School students will return next week to a temporary location in Camden that will bring some changes while a new school is built.the former Alfred Cramer College Preparatory School, a few blocks away on Mickle Street, the three-story brick building will serve as the “swing space” for Eastside students for almost five years during the demolition and construction of a new high school.
Built in 1929, Eastside had fallen into disrepair over the years. It was formerly known as Woodrow Wilson High and was one of the oldest traditional public schools in Camden.There have been concerns raised that the new Eastside location will not comfortably handle students. Eastside occupied a 229,000-square-foot building. It served about 486 students in grades nine through 12.
Jose Delgado, a former Camden school board member, who toured two floors in the building, said the facility was in good shape, but believes it is not well-suited for secondary students. A high schooler “would find it claustrophobic,” he said. “They put no thought into anything,” Borrelli said. “You have to have concrete procedures in place for kids to follow.”
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