Portland observer., September 08, 2021, Back to School Special Edition, Page 2, Image 2

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Back to School special
edition
September 8, 2021
Portland Public Schools celebrates the reopening of Leodis McDaniel High School, a fully modernized
21-century learning environment for the former Madison High School campus in northeast Portland.
Madison Reopens as McDaniel High School
A fully modernized McDaniel
High School reopened at the for-
mer Madison High School campus
in northeast Portland Thursday.
A special grand opening cere-
mony took place as classes began
on the first day of school, ushering
in a new 21st-century learning en-
vironment for a very diverse stu-
dent population, with new facili-
ties, programs and opportunities
for success.
The fully remodeled 296,000
square foot campus features over
170,000 square feet of new con-
struction, including two theatres,
two gyms, and a student commons
that serves as the heart of the new
school.
McDaniel High was designed
through a multi-year planning
and design effort that gathered
the ideas of hundreds of staff, stu-
dents, and community stakehold-
ers.
Students in the newly mod-
ernized McDaniel can access
specialty labs for digital design,
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Leodis McDaniel