By Orlando Business Journal. Design work for an expanded Orange County Public Schools campus in Orlando’s Mills 50 area has finished, paving the way for construction.
Winter Park-based Schenkel Shultz announced Sept. 14 it has completed design for the new Orlando Gifted Academy, which includes a new 100,000-square-foot building at 1121 N. Fern Creek Ave. The project replaces several buildings at the campus, some of which date back to 1947 when the school opened as Fern Creek Elementary.
The magnet school debuted in 2018 and takes applications from students with high IQs throughout the district. The new design for the $53.8 million project features grade-level “STEM hubs,” including new science, technology and language arts labs. The school features dedicated arts classrooms for music ,drawing, performance and more.
