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OXNARD —After extensive planning, design, preconstruction work, and support from the community, the Oxnard School District will have a groundbreaking celebrating the reconstruction of McKinna Elementary School on Thursday, October 11, 2018. The event will take place at the school, located at 1611 South J Street in Oxnard, from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. All members of the community are encouraged to attend the ceremony to celebrate this milestone made possible through local support.
The project includes the construction of a new two-story classroom building, library, administration space, multipurpose room, playfields, hard courts, and support spaces. The new school is to be constructed in the current playfield areas allowing for classroom instruction to continue at the older facility until completion of the replacement school construction.
The new facility will be accessed from a new parking and drop-off provided at “N” Street. Once completed, the older structures will be demolished and new playfields and remaining support facilities will be constructed in their place.
Classrooms have been designed to support 21st century 360-degree learning environments with wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling whiteboards allowing any surface to be written upon to help spark creativity and critical thinking, and multiple high definition monitors allowing educational content to be wirelessly broadcasted and shared instantly from handheld computing devices. Additionally, the new campus will contain specified support facilities, administration areas, library, food service, multipurpose room, restrooms, and playfields for school and community use.
Final construction is scheduled to be completed in December 2019. Financing is made possible due to local support for Measure D that has supported the OSD’s efforts towards improving its educational program and facilities.
“This new McKinna Elementary School marks the fourth new school made possible due to local support,” said Dr. Cesar Morales, OSD Superintendent. “Our students benefit from these new 21st century facilities. We look forward to providing the McKinna community with this new state-of-the art school.”
The Oxnard School District currently educates approximately 16,200 students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade at twenty-one schools.
Project Team:
- Oxnard School District (Owner)
- Caldwell Flores Winters, Inc. (Program Manager)
- Bernards (Builder)
- Perkins Eastman Dougherty(Architect)
— The Oxnard School District, located in Oxnard, California, educates approximately 16,800 students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade at twenty-one schools. Our mission is to ensure a culturally diverse education for each student in a safe, healthy and supportive environment that prepares students for college and career opportunities.