"If you were to go up there and put a ball at home plate and walk away, it would probably end up in the pond shortly thereafter," RPS Chief Administrative Officer John Carlson said.
The conversation about the new and former Longfellow buildings started before 2019 when voters approved more than $180 million for projects around the district.
Grading work is being done now; footings and foundation will be poured in mid-May. 10:29 am, Apr. 30, 2021 ×
Workers prepare the site for the construction of the new Longfellow Elementary school to be built south of the current school and the Rochester Armory on Marion road April 29, 2021. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
Construction crews have broken ground on the new Longfellow Elementary, meaning three of the four building projects associated with Rochester Public Schools’ 2019 voter-approved referendum are underway.
Keane McWaters of Knutson Construction recently gave the Rochester School Board an update on the status of the three projects.
“Almost all the referendum projects are under construction now,” McWaters said.