Pasadena: $16.7M, 124,000-SF middle school underway

PASADENA – The 124,294-sf Nelda R. Sullivan Middle School has broken ground. It is located at the corner of Queens Rd. and South Houston Rd. The $16.7 million dollar campus, made possible through School Bond 2011, will accommodate about 850 students.

The school will accommodate students from L.F. Smith, South Shaver and Williams Elementary. It was named after long-time Pasadena ISD board member Nelda Sullivan, a retired businesswoman and volunteer in the community.

“The project is part of a three part process,” Dr. Kirk Lewis, the district’s superintendent of schools said. “Queens Intermediate used to stand in this place. That campus was replaced by a new facility down the street. The old building was torn down. And now construction has begun on the Sullivan Middle School.”

SBWV Architects Inc. is designing the building.