The school is expected to be ready for the 2010 school year

Construction of the new kindergarten through eighth-grade school is ramping up at 55 Battery Place, with pile driving taking place September 26th through the first week of October. Pile installation is part of the overall foundation work at the site that continues through early December 2008. Located between 1st and 2nd Place in Battery Park City (BPC), the future PS/IS 276 will be an eight-story “high-rise” school for students. Designed by Dattner Architects, the school will have space for 950 students and will be built under the New York City School Construction Authority’s Green Schools Guide. It is planned to open for the 2010 school year.