An endeavor to alleviate overcrowding in West New York’s growing school district is moving full steam ahead after a contract was finalized to design and construct a new middle school in the town.
Earlier this year, the New Jersey Schools Development Authority awarded a $91.75 million design-build contract to Terminal Construction Corporation to deliver a new middle school in West New York. The space will be dedicated to students in grades six through eight and will rise at 6400-6415 Broadway, the site of the now torn-down Warminster building.
The new facility will span 162,000 square feet while serving up to 862 students on a single campus. The property will include 30 general classrooms, six science laboratories, and a STEAM lab that supports combined instruction in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
Other instructional spaces at the planned school include a dance studio, three art rooms, and separate areas for instrumental and vocal music classes. Preliminary renderings of what the school will look like have already been released, with DMR Architects being awarded a further design contract.
The process to finalize the plans for the new school is expected to take between six and nine months. The West New York district is aiming to open the complex in time for the start of the 2028-2029 academic school year.
The middle school is part of a wider $121.8 million investment in school facilities across West New York, which is situated directly across from Manhattan atop the Palisades cliffs. The development is expected to reduce crowding while improving access to age-appropriate classrooms, laboratories, and shared spaces for families in the Hudson County township.
