Turn back to the clock: WPSD building first new dorm since 1960s

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Don Rhoten, CEO of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, stands near the site where a $9 million dormitory will be built on the Edgewood campus.

By Malia Spencer, Reporter- Pittsburgh Business Times

The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is gearing up for a $9 million project to help the 144-year-old institution better use its space and give students a modern dorm to call home while on campus.

The school is readying its 1960s vintage Boys Dorm for demolition in June, when the school will begin construction on a coed dorm to be built in its place.

The project is expected to be completed in time for the start of the 2014 school year, school CEO Don Rhoten said.

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2013/03/22/western-pa-school-for-the-deaf-new-dorm.html

This article was originally published on March 22, 2013.