Bracher Elementary Modernization

Project Updates as of October 2024:

The Work is divided into phases beginning with site work summer 2025. Work will extend into the 2025-26 school year. All projects phases will be completed by the end of 2026.  Construction drawings and specifications are being completed for next summer’s work. DSA permit application have begun. Design development drawings are nearly complete for the building construction phase:

• New parking lots with drop-off and pickup lanes.
• New entry plaza.
• Four preschool and TK classrooms and support spaces designed for program flexibility.
• New preschool/TK playground with shade.
• New multipurpose building with full kitchen, indoor/outdoor stage and access to a fabric shade structure over a lunch court.
• New standing-seam metal roofing on permanent buildings.
• Added Scope: Hazardous soil removal under direction of the Department of Toxic Substances Control. New landscaping and turf field.

The scope of work for work planned to begin next summer is as follows:

• Vacate two portable classrooms adjacent to Multipurpose Building.
• Soil removal in landscape and turf areas.
• Replace paving in hard court play area.
• New underground for new buildings.
• New irrigation and landscaping, including a new garden. Work to complete the new turf field will continue into the school year.