SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Public Schools officials broke ground Thursday on a new Adams Elementary School building, replacing a structure that served students for 116 years.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on the South Hill where the original building stood before demolition earlier this year. Mayor and school district officials participated in the ceremonial event.
Students were relocated to the former Jefferson Elementary building to allow construction to begin.
The project is part of the Together Spokane initiative; a $200 million bond measure voters approved in November for school upgrades across the district.
Superintendent Dr. Adam Swinyard said the replacement represents responsible use of taxpayer resources.
“After a hundred years, we get to the point where modernizing, replacing, is a much better stewardship of the taxpayers’ dollar and that resource is to provide that new space for kids,” Swinyard said.
The new Adams Elementary will be 20,000 square feet larger than the original building and is scheduled to open for the 2027-2028 school year.
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