Last Saturday a final walkthrough was scheduled at the longstanding Eastvalley Elementary School main building on Lower Roswell Road.
It was a chance for students, parents and staff to bid farewell to an aging building after more than 60 years of use.
Furniture, books and other items had all been packed up, ready to be moved to the new campus across from Wheeler High School on Holt Road.
But construction delays mean that those items will remain where they are for the time being.
The new campus won’t be ready when the 2023-24 school year begins Aug. 1.
The Cobb County School District told East Cobb News that the issue is supply chain issues, but a spokesperson wasn’t more specific. Here’s the statement we received:
“We are told that our new building should be completed around Fall break. We know this timing is not ideal, but the construction team assures us that every step is being taken to complete the project as soon as possible. Until then teaching and learning will continue in our current building.”
The fall break in the Cobb school district is the week of Sept. 25-29.
The $36.7 million Eastvalley rebuild began in the spring of 2022 and will contain 136,110 square feet and 61 classrooms, with an expected capacity of around 960 K-5 students.
The present campus has been overcrowded for years, with more than 700 students crammed into a main classroom building designed for 400. A dozen trailers have been in use but have generated parental complaints.
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