Back To School: Building Schools & Building Success

Render image of Delray Full Service Adult Education Center in Delray, FL.

It’s back to school season for most, but Peacock Architects have been working hard all summer long to renovate and revamp multiple schools and education centers for the coming school year.

“After all of our community outreach meetings to find out what these students and their communities were looking for, it feels so good to see all of these projects under construction and heading towards completion. Education is at the helm of the Peacock Architects brand. My team and I feel so inspired to be a positive impact in the lives and education trajectory of the students of Broward County, Hendersonville County, and beyond,” says Cristin Peacock.

Take a look at 5 major school/education center projects that we’ve been pounding the pavement for below.

Tebeau Children’s Center

The renovations for Tebeau Children’s Center are completed and WNCSource is now accepting enrollment for this current school year. This massive renovation project began construction in 2020 by Peacock Architects and has finally come to fruition to serve the community of Hendersonville for generations more.

Peacock Architects led the renovations to bring the 70 year old facility up to date with current state and local building codes and expand the space to 6,065 square feet that includes 8 classrooms, a larger kitchen, ADA bathroom, and office space. Along with updated plumbing and electrical systems, a new HVAC and ventilation system, new windows, doors, flooring, and carpeting, and enhanced exterior grading for improved pick-up/ drop-off areas.

The newly renovated Tebeau Children’s Center provides: 5 Early Head Start classrooms to care for up to 40 infants and toddlers (0-3 yrs. old), 3 Head Start and NC Pre-K classrooms to serve 54 children (3-5 yrs.), and services to pregnant mothers.

Delray Full Service Adult Education Center

Peacock Architects were hired for the historic preservation and renovation of Delray Full Service Adult Education Center. The project includes the demolition of 7 of the campus buildings. Four of the original buildings are being preserved and are still on site. The job also includes a complete renovation of the gymnasium, converting it to a multipurpose building to be utilized by the school and the community, including a historic interpretive room displaying the historic Carver High logo from the gymnasium floor, 3 multipurpose rooms, and a testing lab. A new 2-story 20,000 sq. ft. adult education building is being constructed to compliment the village academy on the neighboring property. This school will have a new construction lab, health science lab, information technology lab and general classrooms. We are also adding 8 modulars which will contain a cosmetology lab, information technology labs, and general classrooms. 

This project is currently in under construction and scheduled for CO in December 2022.

Nob Hill Elementary

Broward County’s Nob Hill Elementary School located in Sunrise, FL is one of the many schools involved in Broward County’s SMART Program, an $800 million capital improvement program put in place to enhance the educational experience of Broward County Public Schools students. The primary focus of the SMART Program includes improvements to school facilities such as roofing, HVAC improvements, fire alarm and fire sprinkler upgrades, electrical, ADA, and media center enhancements, STEM lab improvements, and classroom additions.The project is in construction, 50% complete, scheduled for completion in Q4 of 2023.

Thurgood Marshall Elementary

Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is also undergoing SMART Program renovations led by Peacock Architects. This project includes the re-roofing of 6 buildings, a repair of the aluminum covered walkways, HVAC improvements, restroom renovations and media center upgrades.  This project is currently under construction, and 80% complete.

J.C. Mitchell Elementary School

Upgrades to school facilities, security improvements, lighting upgrades, and reroofing are in full swing at J.C. Mitchell Elementary School in Boca Raton, FL. This is a deferred maintenance project that is currently in construction, 50% complete, and scheduled for completion by the end of this year.