After successful bond issue, Little Rock (Ark.) district begins planning for school construction

Among the first construction projects is an $87 million K-8 school that will replace one middle and two elementary schools.

Dec. 17, 2021

The Little Rock (Ark.) district is moving forward with the sale of more than $300 million in bonds to pay for upcoming construction projects.

The bonds will provide money for several projects--a new high school in northwest Little Rock, replacement of portable classrooms and the field house at Central High School, and an $87 million K-8school at the site of the former McClellan High School, reports The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

The K-8 school will replace Cloverdale Middle School as well as Baseline and Meadowcliff elementary schools.

The three-story building will accommodate about 1,400 students. It will have 64 classrooms, six project rooms for science, eight spaces for fine arts, four maker spaces, three career education rooms, a collaboration or learning stairway that can serve as a space for large group programs, a cafetorium, library/media center, classrooms for special need students, and a gymnasium.

The sale of $315,940,000 in bonds comes after voters approved a referendum last month.