Bracher Elementary Modernization

Project Updates as of August, 2026:

The Work is divided into phases beginning with site work summer 2025. Work will continue into the 2026-27 school year:

• New parking lots with drop-off and pickup lanes.
• 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.

• The DTSC approved topsoil and soil amendments for the turf field have finally been sourced and placed. Natural grass sod will be installed shortly. Students will have access to the field after the sod is rooted and ready for foot traffic. 
• Classroom building occupancy is expected by the end of December.
• Final parking lot construction, multipurpose building demolition and the remaining toxic soil removal will be completed in summer 2027. 
• Most campus trees must be removed because of the required contaminated soil excavation and removal. A plan showing the trees to be retained and removed is on the District website at https://www.santaclarausd.org/about-us/departments/bond-projects/bracher-elementary-modernization. The landscaping plans provide many more new trees than those being removed.