RENDERINGS TO REALITY
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY!
Erie Elementary Building Construction Timeline
2021-2022
In the summer of 2022, the Erie School Board of Education investigated several facility options that included the following:
A two building option -- Adding an addition onto the current high school to create a 6-12 building and revamping the middle school to become a Pk-5 building.
A two building option -- included a PK-4 addition to the existing MS making it a PK-8 building.
A three building option --- Renovate the existing Annex Building and add onto the building to create a PK-4 building.
*The board decided on option 3.
2022-2023
Throughout the 2022-2023 school year, Kali Livengood (Elementary Principal), Josh VanDeWostine (Maintenance Director) and Chuck Milem (Superintendent) worked with Bray architects and Estes Construction on what was called a CPT, or core planning team.
This pre-construction team spent a great deal of time on design and budget for the new building.
2023-2024
In the summer of 2023, we officially broke ground and began our construction journey.
Along the way, Jonathon Schlagheck, HS computer science teacher, and his classes created several videos of the progression of the building. You can find those videos below. There is also drone footage videos attached below.
2024-2025
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony October 14, 2024
Students Official 1st day of school in the new building Tuesday October 15, 2024!!!
Before and After Pictures Slide Show
Progress Videos with Mr. Milem, courtesy of Mr. Schlagheck's classes:
Drone Footage and Time Lapse Videos
About the Building!
Many remember this site as the "Old High School," where a two story building once stood. Many people in Erie remember the old high school demolition in the 1990's and now get to see new life into the old remaining building through a renovation and a new addition where the old two story building once stood.
This is a project for the whole community to be proud of that entails the following:
35,487 square feet of new addition and 35,112 square feet of renovation for a total of 70,599 square feet!!!
This 18 million dollar investment came after the new addition to Erie High School in 2019 and the completion of the High School in 1995.
The renovation to Erie Elementary includes:
2 new Pre-K classrooms with private single restrooms and secured entry for parent drop off and pick up
2 new Kindergarten classrooms with private single restrooms
A STEM, Music, Art, Flex classroom, staff lounge, and activities restrooms
Kitchen and Commons / Cafeteria off the Gym
Tiny Town - "Children's Play space"
The new addition includes:
Office: Principals Office, Nurses, Office, Counselors Office, Conference Room, Work space
Two 1st grade classrooms that also doubles as storm shelter in which our entire Elementary student body can fit into the classrooms and stay safe from any severe weather threat.
Two 2nd grade classrooms
Two 3rd grade classrooms
Two 4th grade classrooms
Three special education classrooms
RTI offices
New Library
Two collaborative zoned for 1st/2nd grade and 3rd/4th grade
A light court that also doubles as a playground
