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Clinton Avenue School

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Type
  
Public elementary

Principal
  
Kristina Denegre

Color(s)
  
White      and blue

Phone
  
+1 203-691-3300

Number of students
  
580

Established
  
1911

Grades
  
K–8

Website
  
[1]

District
  
New Haven School District

Founded
  
1911

Clinton Avenue School

Address
  
293 Clinton Ave, New Haven, CT 06513, USA

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Clinton Avenue School is a bilingual (American English and Spanish) school located at 293 Clinton Avenue in the Fair Haven neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. It was built in 1911 and underwent extensive renovations beginning in 2004. The original design was similar to the nearby Truman School, both Beaux Arts style buildings.

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Renovations

The school taught kindergarten through fourth grade with an enrollment of 410 students until its temporary closure. It size was approximately 58,000 square feet (5,400 m²). Renovations by Boroson Falconer Architects & Engineers, headed by Ken Boroson, was completed in 2005, enlarging the school by over 36,000 square feet (3,300 m²), with a new total area of 94,000 square feet (8,700 m²). The enrollment increased to 650, supporting pre-K through eighth grade. The cost of renovations was $25,106,000 USD Rededication took place on October 23, 2005.

Along with the renovations was the installation of a commissioned sculpture by Douglas Kornfeld called the "Tree of Life", a 17' tall laser-cut bright red steel tree.

Demographics

In 2004 the enrollment was 67% Hispanic, 32% African American, and 1% white, with under 1% Asian.

Principals

  • Francis J. Smith (1960, 1961)
  • John Leary (?-1983)
  • Richard Whitney (1983–1986)
  • Patricia DeRenzo (1986–2004)
  • Carmen Ana Rodriguez-Robles (2005–2016)
  • Kristina DeNegre (2016-present)
  • References

    Clinton Avenue School Wikipedia