Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Kent Immediate School District celebrated the expansion of a special needs school, Pine Grove Learning Center, last week.
Located at 2101 52nd St. in Wyoming, the 29,600-square-foot site includes eight additional classrooms, a new cafeteria, and a playground.
“Expanding Pine Grove means that we will be able to offer more students the opportunity to learn from our talented staff in this state of the art environment, which includes a sensory room, therapy pool, playgrounds, and rooms and hallways designed to meet students’ needs,” says GRPS Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal.
The KISD School Board approved $6.1 million in construction bids for the project in September, and KISD Superintendent Ron Caniff says the school is made possible through a partnership between his district and GRPS.
“Kent ISD levies the regional property tax and it owns the center program buildings, and Grand Rapids operates these programs at a high level, as the Grand Rapids district was historically a national leader in special education services and remains so today through its partnership with Kent ISD,” Caniff says.
For more information about Pine Grove or any GRPS schools, visit www.grps.org.
Written by Anya Zentmeyer, Development News Editor
Images courtesy of GRPS
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