Senator Claiborne Pell,[3] opened in August 2013 as a consolidation of previous elementary schools.
Pell, constructed on the former Sullivan school site, serves all areas of Newport, allowing for all families to have access to the same facilities and services at the elementary level.
A bond worth $30 million to build a new consolidated elementary school was approved by voters in November 2010.
The Rhode Island Department of Education only funded the amount of space that the school was projected to have; it added an additional two classrooms after a request from Newport authorities.
[1] By 2014 NPS sought to lease classrooms at JFK School to relieve overcrowding at Pell.