The Peoria Unified School District will repurpose the old Arizona Challenger Space Center building while the museum is set to move to Paradise Valley.
By Joshua Bowling | Arizona Republic
The Peoria Unified School District got the keys to the Arizona Challenger Space Center’s old home a year and a half ago and hasn’t put it to use, but recently approved plans will bring new life and a new name to the building next year.
The school board in late May approved $1.6 million in renovations that will transform the building into the Sunrise Mountain Arts Center and move arts classes there. That will in turn free up seven classrooms in the adjacent Sunrise Mountain High School, near 83rd Avenue and Lake Pleasant Parkway.
It will cost an additional $383,000 to repurpose the high school’s old art classrooms into regular classrooms.
