Delaware County Community College opened its Southeast Center campus at the site of the former Archbishop Prendergast High School on Friday with a ribbon-cutting, writes Alex Rose for the Daily Times.
About 150 people attended Friday’s ribbon-cutting, including U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
The state-of-the-art facility in Drexel Hill is expected to offer training for more than 11,000 workers over the next five years, creating future chefs, doctors, educators, and innovators in STEM fields.
It will enroll 600 to 700 students this spring, increasing to 700-800 in the fall and then 850 by spring of next year.
“What a truly joyful and historic day for Delaware County Community College and for the entire community, a community that we are so proud to serve,” said DCCC President Marta Yera Cronin speaking in the lobby of the new Southeast Center.
The community college bought the Prendergast High School land from the archdiocese in 2019. It broke ground on the $60 million-plus project in May 2023.
The Southeast Center includes an 80,000-square-foot main building, a 30,000-square-foot workforce development annex, and a 17,000-square-foot early learning center in partnership with the YMCA of Eastern Delaware County.
Read reactions to the Center from students, officials, and elected representatives in the Daily Times.
