Providence to celebrate construction of new middle school with beam raising ceremony

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Public School District is celebrating a beam raising for the new Frank D. Spaziano Middle School at the nearby Spaziano Elementary School Monday morning.

The event, which begins at 11 a.m., is being hailed by PPSD as “another major milestone in the District’s commitment to providing modern, high-quality learning environments for all students.”

Officials expected to be in attendance to celebrate include Providence mayor Brett Smiley, R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and PPSD Superintendent Javier Montañez.

The PPSD first broke ground on the middle school in December of 2024.

Currently, the district plans to have every student throughout the district learning in a new or “like-new” building by 2030 as part of a $1 billion school facilities plan.

In addition to Frank D. Spaziano Middle School, active construction work is currently being done at the Fogarty PreK-8 campus and Harry Kizirian PreK-8 School.

The opening date for Frank D. Spaziano Middle School has yet to be announced.