SCUSD set to break ground on new classroom wing at Theodore Judah
East ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ campus is expanding to accommodate growing enrollment and programmatic needs

Press release

June 3, 2016 (ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ):  ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District officials will officially mark the start of construction on Theodore Judah Elementary School’s new two-story classroom wing at a ceremony on Monday (June 6).

Designed by celebrated ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ architect Ron Vrilakas, the permanent building will accommodate Judah’s growing student enrollment and programmatic needs. The idea for a new building was first championed by students through Project Green, a district program that encourages campus stakeholders to audit facilities and suggest improvements.

Construction of the new wing is funded by developer fees, Measure Q bond funds, site funds and a generous donation from Encore McKinley Village, LLC.

ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ voters approved Measures Q and R – facilities bonds for Sac City schools – in November 2012. Measure Q funds are being used to improve schools district-wide and prepare facilities for lower class sizes in grades K-3 this fall. Significant Measure Q-funded projects are already underway at William Land Elementary in Southside Park and the soon-to-be reopened Washington Elementary downtown.

A source of pride for the East ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ community since 1937, Theodore Judah is the oldest continuously operated elementary school in the city of ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ. The school was built by Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration in the art deco style popular at the time. The new building is designed to reflect and complement that style.

  • WHAT:  Ground-breaking ceremony for Theodore Judah’s new classroom wing
  • WHEN:  10:45 a.m. on Monday, June 6
  • WHERE:  Theodore Judah Elementary School, 3919 McKinley Blvd., ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ, CA 95819