On October 4, representatives and community members from Baltimore County gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Lansdowne High School, which will open in the fall of 2026. Replacing an aging and undersized facility built in the 1960s, the new design accommodates the area’s increasing enrollment and is rooted in modern pedagogy.
Constructed on the athletic fields to allow for continuous operation of the existing school, the replacement Lansdowne High School showcases growth in both the community that had been advocating for the new school for decades and the students who are excited to attend a school that has been carefully crafted to help them learn and excel. What was a dreary, inaccessible building will now literally and figuratively enlighten its occupants with a layout that allows the classrooms to receive maximum daylight and ventilation. The plan includes three three-story classroom wings on the lower level of the site and a two-story physical education and fine arts wing on the upper level, all of which revolve around the multi-use commons, where flexible and dynamic learning spaces, both open and enclosed, foster a sense of collaboration and community and a foundation of 21st Century Learning ideals.
