Tall windows will provide classrooms with plenty of light. Sensors will automatically turn off artificial lights whenever a room is unoccupied.

Where possible, some of the original millwork is being recycled for use elsewhere in the building. These panels are in what will be the main office.

As has been the case in all the school renovations, about 70% of the work involves unseen infrastructure.

A new 25-yard swimming pool has been installed in the cavity used for the old one in a separate building on the P.S. campus. The pool already is in use. Learning to swim is a component of the Brandywine district's intermediate- grades physical education curriculum.