THE NEWLY OPENED Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy high school building in Cumberland features modern classrooms, study nooks, and innovation, science and technology labs. / COURTESY BLACKSTONE VALLEY PREP MAYORAL ACADEMY/BRIDGET GADOURY
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…