SALEM — Salem Academy Christian Schools has broken ground on a major expansion at its Lancaster Drive campus, moving a years-long planning effort into construction as the private PreK-12 school prepares for continued growth.
The project, led by Salem-based Rich Duncan Construction, will add a two-story education building to the academy’s 942 Lancaster Drive NE campus. City permit records describe the project as a 33,182-square-foot commercial building designed to serve Salem Academy’s high school program, with 15 classrooms, five labs, administrative space, teacher support space and restrooms on both floors.
The groundbreaking marks a shift from planning to visible work on a campus that school leaders have said is running short on space. Salem Academy, founded in 1945, has served Salem families for eight decades and has grown into a PreK-12 Christian school drawing students from across the region…