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McKinley Elementary Improvements 2025

McKinley Elementary Phase 1 Improvements

Overview

McKinley Elementary was built in 1955, and is on par with Jefferson Elementary as one of the district’s oldest campuses still serving students and staff. Additions were constructed in 1985 and 2008, and the Community Safe Room/Gymnasium was added in 2014. Students from Kindergarten through 5th grades attend McKinley Elementary. The Long Range Facility Committee notes that square footage per classroom and program currently falls well below state standard recommendations.

Project Scope

  • Addition for music, art, and 4-yr old classroom
  • New finishes in all corridors
  • Expand kitchen, enlarge and renovate cafeteria with egress improvements
  • Renovate library
  • Renovate nurse’s office and restroom
  • New staff workroom
  • Renovate 3rd grade classroom for grade adjacency
  • New SPED and OT/PT spaces
  • Add restroom to existing kindergarten classroom
  • Window replacements
  • New loading dock at kitchen

A rendering of a modernized school cafeteria with long tables and benches, ready for students.

One of the planned upgrades at McKinley includes an enlarged and renovated cafeteria, as shown in this rendering, and an expanded kitchen space.

A group of students and staff gather outside a brick building for the groundbreaking ceremony.
A group of students and staff pose for a photo after the groundbreaking ceremony.
The principal speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony.
The superintendent speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony.
The Board president speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony.
Students and staff pose while lifting shovels of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony.