Administration and staff from the Denison Community School District are welcoming the public to a grand opening and ribbon cutting on Friday for the addition and renovations to the Broadway Elementary building. The district’s board of education approved to move forward with the new two-story 33,300 square foot addition with 9,600 square feet of interior renovations back in 2023. Kingery Construction Company was selected as the general contractor and began working on the $19.9 million project in 2024, which was paid for through the district’s sale tax revenue. The building now serves students third through fifth grade and had some significant changes made, including the auditorium transformed into the library, offices into classrooms, and the main office while originally planned to move to the second floor, will remain in the first level on the east side by the main entrance door. A decision that came a little later after construction was started was to add a drop-off loop off 16th Street on the east side of the building, which will allow for parents to get off the roadway to swing through and grab their students. While the building did open in August for the first day of school, construction was wrapping up and the district is now ready to welcome the public to see the new space. A grand opening and ribbon cutting will be held tomorrow (Friday) with tours beginning at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., with the ribbon cutting at 12 p.m., followed by a final tour. Attendees are asked to park in the lot on the west side of the building and enter through the east side, or the main entrance doors, for the ceremony and tours.
