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Frederick D. Thomas Middle School taking shape
New facility set to open in fall 2024 next to Lewes elementary
Pictured in this aerial view from Lewes Elementary and Sussex Drive, the new Frederick D. Thomas Middle School is beginning to take shape. Savannah Road is visible in the background. NICK ROTH PHOTOS
July 10, 2023
Much has changed at Frederick D. Thomas Middle since a late April update on the school under construction in Lewes.
The school is set to open to students in fall 2024 on the site of the former Shields Elementary and is named after Frederick D. Thomas, the first African American administrator in the Cape Henlopen School District.
Dave Frederick, former Beacon Middle principal, has taken over as principal for the new school, which was approved by referendum in March 2018 as the district’s third middle school.
The new building sits just across Sussex Drive from Lewes Elementary School, which opened in April 2022. The two schools will share a campus that stretches from Savannah Road to DuPont Avenue.
The future auditorium will be in the foreground, with the gym at top right and classrooms facing Lewes Elementary across Sussex Drive.
Looking above from Savannah Road, athletic fields will take the place of the land directly behind Lewes Elementary.
A view from Sussex Drive at the future classrooms of the new middle school.
