Central School District #104 held a groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 14, to kick off the additions and renovations project at its Joseph Arthur Middle School in Breese, Illinois. Poettker Construction is serving as the construction manager and Cordogan Clark the designer for 26,900 square feet of building expansions and 10,900 square feet of light renovations to the district’s middle school campus.
The facility expansion encompasses three new additions: a new ICC-rated competition gymnasium, which will also serve as the campus’s first ever storm shelter; a new full-service commercial kitchen and serving spaces to replace the existing outdated and undersized cafeteria; and an education wing featuring 10 new classrooms for 4th through 6th-grade students that will replace existing modular space intended for temporary use.
The project will also require light renovations to the common spaces including the entry lobby to improve the traffic flow throughout the building. The existing multi-purpose space being replaced by the gymnasium will be converted into the new, expanded cafeteria.
This campus-wide project is expected to be completed for the 2024-25 school year.
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