Above, construction on a new multipurpose space at Aubry Bend Middle School. Photo via Blue Valley School District.
As the Blue Valley School District wrapped up work on its Bond 2020 facility projects this summer, another phase of upgrades has already begun.
Design and construction for projects from the 2023 bond schedule, approved this spring, are officially underway.
The $251 million plan entails a number of both facility-specific and district-wide additions and improvements. The district aims to finish all projects on the list by the fall of 2026.
Here are some of the key projects included in the bond schedule.
File photo.
The district will build a new middle school
Planned on a 32-acre site near Wolf Springs Elementary, Middle School #11 will serve families within the Blue Valley Southwest feeder boundary.
The school will begin its first semester in the fall of 2026.
District officials say growth within the Blue Valley Southwest feeder boundaries created a need for a new middle school in this part of the district, in the area west of U.S. Highway 69 and south of 143rd Street.
The new middle school will cost the district $68 million.
Aubry Bend Middle will get a new multipurpose space
Multiple middle schools — the first of which will be Aubry Bend Middle — will receive new multipurpose spaces for physical education classes, performing arts classes, assemblies and “flexible learning” experiences.
Construction kicked off on the first new multipurpose space at Aubry Bend Middle, which the district said will likely wrap up next summer.
These new additions will cost the district $18 million.
More high schools will receive new gyms
Blue Valley West and Blue Valley Southwest will get new auxiliary gymnasiums like the ones that three other high schools just received.
Blue Valley High, Blue Valley North and Blue Valley Northwest got new gyms as part of the Bond 2020 schedule.
These new spaces will be used for classes, athletic practices and competitions, performing arts, and assemblies.
They will cost the district $14 million.
The district’s early childhood program will expand
The early childhood program at the Hilltop Learning Center will expand into the building’s conference center space, due to a growing demand for the program.
District officials said this will give the program three or four classrooms.
The district will also upgrade the center’s classroom technology with new portable radios for emergency communication and upgrades to the fire alarm systems.
These additions will cost the district roughly $4 million.
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