CUMBERLAND – Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy has opened a new, 40,000-square-foot high school building that includes modern classrooms, study nooks, and innovation, science and technology labs.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday. The $15 million school opened Nov. 27.
It was constructed over a site that included a former lumber yard, providing infill development in its Cumberland neighborhood.
The high school is part of the Blackstone Valley Prep network of public charter schools with a college-prep focus, which draws a combined 1,800 students from Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln and Pawtucket.
The school was designed by Arrowstreet, of Boston. The construction was managed by Civic Builders Inc. of New York.
Mary MacDonald is a PBN staff writer. Email her at macdonald@pbn.com.
