Walled Lake breaks ground on new elementary school

The Walled Lake College District formally broke floor on a model new Wixom Elementary College final week.

Carrie O’Connell, present principal of Wixom Elementary, is grateful for the chance to open a brand new constructing. She began her profession as a kindergarten trainer on the present college.

“Once I assume again to the room I had as a trainer, and the areas, and the distinction between the structure of the preschool within the new constructing and the collaboration house, I feel that is going to make an enormous distinction for our college students,” O’Connell stated.

The brand new college, positioned on West Maple Rd, is predicted to open within the fall of 2027 and is one in every of 13 elementary faculties within the district.

“Immediately marks the start of a brand new chapter for Wixom,” stated Superintendent Michael Lonze. “We’re bringing to life a constructing that can fulfill the collaboration, imaginative and prescient and shared perception we now have for all our youngsters who deserve the most effective studying surroundings.”

The mission will probably be funded by a $250 million college enchancment bond handed in 2024. The district has not disclosed a complete price for the brand new constructing.

Initiatives additionally coated by means of bond funds embrace upgrades to athletic services, digital signage in any respect faculties, paving and roofing initiatives all through the district and upgrades to Walled Lake Central and Walled Lake Northern excessive faculties.