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Briarwood 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 lot and drives.
  • Two new classrooms buildings with six classrooms and support spaces.
  • New preschool/K playground with shade.
  • A property line issue with the City of Santa Clara regarding the street right of way on Townsend Avenue has been resolved. The offsite street improvement work will be completed  next summer. 
  • New building footings are underway. Steel will arrive soon. 
  • The project will replace 11 existing trees with 40 new trees in optimum locations. 
  • 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/briarwood-elementary-modernization 
Architect rendering of the new Briarwood classroom buildings
Architect rendering of the new Briarwood TK classrooms

Briarwood Modernization Site Plan

Site Plan of the new Briarwood Elementary School Modernization

Briarwood Tree Site Plan

Briarwood Modernization - Tree Protection and Demo Plan_2025-03-25

Contact

Rosiella Defensor
Senior Project Manager, Bond Program
(408) 423-3244
rdefensor@scusd.net