Marine Elementary School’s bond issue renovations start with groundbreaking
A banner facing West Division Street in Marine announces the changes coming to the village’s elementary school. (Ray Popkess photo)
Some of the school’s kindergarten and first-grade students participate in the groundbreaking ceremonies on March 24. The school’s classrooms will be updated first. The building originally opened in 1955. (Ray Popkess photo)
Some of Marine’s second- and third-graders also took the opportunity to participate in the activities on March 24. After the classrooms are refreshed, work will begin on the main office, nurse’s office, library, multi-purpose room, etc. (Ray Popkess photo)
Even the fourth- and fifth-graders participated in the March 24 groundbreaking ceremonies. Finally, after the building upgrades are complete, Triad maintenance crews will revamp the school’s front parking lot. (Ray Popkess photo)
Marine Principal Jessica Bracamontes, far left, and her staff attended the March 24 event, too. (Ray Popkess photo)
Triad Superintendent, Dr. Jason Henderson, left, and members of the board of education who were available to attend Marine Elementary’s groundbreaking on March 24, dug in with the ceremonial shovelful of dirt. (Ray Popkess photo)
