Seeing is believing, and residents and staff members in Gibraltar Area School District got to see what will occur over the next two years. Monday’s school board meeting featured a presentation with CG Schmidt to show off the project, including approximately 33,000 square feet of construction work this summer. The fruit of that labor will be a two-story addition across the back of the building filled with classrooms. Made possible by voters approving a nearly $30 million capital referendum by a 3-1 ratio, Gibraltar Area Schools Superintendent Brett Stousland says the renderings give an extra dose of enthusiasm for the project.

Stousland says they are arranging the construction schedule so that students, staff, and visitors should experience only a few interruptions to their daily schedule. Next summer, the district will add additional classrooms, centralize school offices, and remove the current commons and middle school gymnasium. The district recently held contractor meetings to highlight the construction schedule and to give them the information needed to place bids on the project.