Bracher Elementary Modernization

Project Updates as of December 2025:

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:

• 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.

• Earthwork is being completed in preparation for new building footings. 
• Approximately 1,600 truckloads of soil have been removed from the site. The new turf field and all landscape areas will be constructed with clean imported topsoil. Soil removal and new field work will continue into the fall. Fencing, barriers, traffic controls, dust prevention, and safety protocols are in place. The remaining soil removal will take place next summer. 
• 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. DSA plan approvals for the new multipurpose and classroom building are complete. Contracts are being issued.