Clayton board hears long-range facilities options, designers outline elementary, high school and athletics scenarios

Design teams for Clayton School District presented preliminary concepts and community feedback Wednesday night in an update on the district's long-range facilities master plan, laying out three options for each elementary school, an addition for career and technical education at Clayton High School and three alternatives for consolidating athletics facilities. No formal construction decision was made; district leaders said community engagement and a survey will guide next steps toward a potential bond vote in April 2026.

The presentation summarized recent engagement: three elementary workshops, two high-school workshops, a community forum on Sept. 10 and building tours planned for October. “We had our design team. They went over and they shared the early preliminary design work for our elementary schools,” a district official said during the update. Designers emphasized that options are preliminary and will be refined with public input.

Designers described the elementary options as variations of renovation-plus-addition and full rebuild. At Captain Elementary, workshop participants favored a larger-footprint, three-story option that avoids a public right-of-way on the west side of the site and would require phased construction. A second option keeps the existing…