$31 Million in Lindbergh School Construction On Pace to Finish Next Month

Construction work in the Lindbergh School District continues at a furious pace as contractors and staff prepare for the start of the school year in mid-August.

Rain continued to plague efforts to upgrade facilities as part of the district’s plan to relieve overcrowding in district schools.

The construction is a part of the voter-approved Proposition R – the $31 million bond issue that passed in 2008.

When teachers welcome students back to school in August the district will open Concord as an elementary school and Truman Elementary will open as a middle school. Sperreng Middle School will then serve half as many students as prior to construction.

Once construction is complete, the district will have five elementary and two middle schools.

In the past month, contractors reported a “good amount of progress” on the exterior of the schools, including:

• footings in place at the new entrances at Crestwood and Long elementary schools,

• steel columns installed at Crestwood,

• loading dock footings and walls constructed at Sperreng Middle School,

• sidewalks and curbs installed at re-opened Concord Elementary,

• air conduction units installed on the roof at Concord and brickwork began at the front ramp, and

• playground area, fencing and parking lot completed at the Early Childhood Education building, next to the high school.