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Roanoke County Schools report steady progress on CTE center and elementary renovation phases
Summary
Contractors reported poured footings, rising masonry walls and scheduled slab pours at the new regional CTE center; elementary renovation phases 1A and 1B were turned over or nearing turnover, and several spring-break mechanical and site repairs were completed.
Roanoke County Public Schools staff and contractor representatives gave the school board a progress update on the division's major and minor construction projects, focusing on the new regional career and technical education (CTE) center and ongoing elementary school renovations.
Wes Mitchell of Skanska said mass grading and rock-crushing operations have moved off the building pad and that “all of the footings, all of those have been poured 100%,” with CMU masonry foundation walls about 50% complete in one area and slab pours scheduled the following Monday and Tuesday, weather permitting. Mitchell added crews have moved into vertical work: “You can really see the building start to take shape.”
Todd Cagle, who presented the schools update, reported that phase 1A of the elementary renovation work was turned over to the school division last week and is in use, with only punch-list items remaining. Cagle said two sets of restrooms and eight classrooms were part of that turnover and that phase 1B and 2A are underway and expected to be ready by the start of next school year. He said work that remains — admin areas, the kitchen, cafeteria and connecting corridors — is scheduled for completion in early fall.
Minor construction and maintenance items completed over spring break included HVAC work at Cave Spring High School (a replacement main gym rooftop unit providing dehumidification), replacement of cooling towers and heat pumps at Glen Cove and W. E. Cundiff, rooftop unit replacements at Glenview Elementary (installed largely by division maintenance staff), and structural repairs at Fort Lewis Elementary where termite damage and rot were removed, reframed and retiled. Cagle credited in-house carpenters for completing the Fort Lewis repairs.
Board members asked about the phasing schedule and about material handling on site; Cagle and Mitchell said there may be some surplus material after grading and that site stabilization and topsoiling are underway in completed areas. Several board members and staff emphasized that the new CTE center and the elementary renovations should be indistinguishable from new construction once finish work and punch lists are complete.
The presentation included drone photos and internal progress photos showing corridors, classroom shells and restroom layouts. No formal board action was taken during the update; it served as an informational briefing ahead of future consent items.
