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January Construction Update: Big milestones coming up in 2020
Final preparations on the second floor renovation at TremontWith the start of 2020, the Upper Arlington community will see the first of several significant milestones this year as we begin to open new and renovated learning spaces in the first phase of the facilities master plan. This will begin at Tremont Elementary School in mid-February, with the opening of the new kindergarten and media center addition and the renovated second floor classrooms.

All five projects underway in the first phase of the Upper Arlington Schools facilities master plan remain on schedule and on budget, and contractors continue to make great progress.

Tremont Elementary School renovation and addition
Contractors are working quickly on the final preparations for the new kindergarten and media center addition and the renovated second floor classrooms. Students and staff will be welcomed into these new learning spaces after the Presidents Day holiday.

Barrington Elementary School renovation and addition
The slab on grade and on deck are completed for the classroom addition, and structural steel work continues.

New Greensview Elementary School project
The roof and brick veneer work are completed, and the installation of drywall for our new learning spaces is also finished and painting has begun.

New Wickliffe Progressive Elementary School project
Structural steel, masonry walls and the slab are substantially complete, and brick veneer work is progressing.

New Upper Arlington High School project
On the high school site,  structural steel is going up in the new theater and masonry walls being built throughout the school. Contractors have begun pouring concrete floors in the academic area of the building.

Construction Timeline

June 2020: Demolition of the current Windermere building will begin to make way for the new school. The old Wickliffe will serve as transitional space for Windermere students for the 2020-2021 school year.

Fall 2020: The new Greensview and Wickliffe Progressive elementary schools and the renovated Tremont Elementary School will be completed and open to students.

Fall 2021: The new high school and the new Windermere and renovated Barrington elementary schools will be completed and will open to students. Work will continue on the high school site to examine the area where the Pleasant Litchford cemetery was located, demolish the old building and develop athletic fields.

Fall 2022: The new high school site and first phase of the community-developed master plan will be completed.