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UNIVERSITY CITY, MO. — The 60,000-square-foot, two-story Barbara C. Jordan Elementary School, located at 1500 N. 82nd Blvd. in University City, is now open. It is the first new school to open in University City in more than 15 years. The 24-classroom building was built using green engineering and the district has applied for LEED certification. The school was funded through Proposition U, a $53.6 million bond issue passed in April 2009. A second 60,000-square-foot, two-story school named Pershing Elementary will break ground in May. Construction on both projects was managed by a joint venture of McCarthy Building Cos. and Kwame Construction and Bond Wolfe Architects designed the buildings.