Published August 28. 2026 09:16AM<\/p>\n
Construction has begun on a major expansion and renovation of Parkland High School that will increase the building\u2019s size from 495,000 square feet to nearly 579,000 square feet.<\/p>\n
The project includes about 74,500 square feet of improvements to the school, which opened in 1999.<\/p>\n
Plans call for 30 new classrooms, two enclosed outdoor courtyards, a renovated media center, improved circulation throughout the building, expanded administrative offices, a larger cafeteria, a new athletic entrance and lobby, and 16 science, art, engineering, robotics and food labs.<\/p>\n
During the Aug. 18 school board meeting, Jamie Bortz, senior project manager for Alloy5 Architecture, provided an update on the project.<\/p>\n
Bortz said much of the work completed so far has taken place outdoors.<\/p>\n
She noted that commemorative bricks installed by the Parkland Trojan Alumni Varsity Club were removed to make way for the new athletic center entrance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bricks have been saved, cleaned and will be incorporated into the new sidewalks,\u201d Bortz said.<\/p>\n
Inside the building, construction has required the temporary relocation of artwork by renowned artist and former Parkland teacher Dr. William Swallow from its display near the library entrance.<\/p>\n
The artwork will be housed in new display cases when construction is completed, Bortz said.<\/p>\n
Superintendent Dr. Mark Madson said several administrative renovations are focused on improving school security, including secure vestibules and related upgrades.<\/p>\n
The project is expected to be completed in fall 2027, with all areas ready for occupancy by January 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published August 28. 2026 09:16AM Construction has begun on a major expansion and renovation of Parkland High School…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-273948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}