ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown School Board on Thursday approved the next design phase for a new school planned at the former Allentown State Hospital property on the city’s East Side.
Board members voted 7-0 to approve the project justification and design development for the school, which will serve about 1,200 students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
The school will be built on 16.7 acres off Hanover Avenue. Allentown School District bought the land for nearly $15 million in February from the developer City Center Group…