Saratoga's Schools Got a $1.5 Million Summer Makeover Before Thursday's Return

Saratoga Union School District students returned Thursday to campuses that spent the summer under construction, as the district completed a round of improvements under its five-year facilities plan, the Mercury News reported.

The plan's projects are estimated at $1.5 million.

Among the largest efforts was field work at Argonaut Elementary, Saratoga Elementary and Redwood Middle School, where the district leveled out gopher holes, then resodded and reseeded the grass ahead of fall play.

At Argonaut Elementary, the interior areas and hallways of four classroom wings were also refreshed.

Summer facility work is the quiet half of a school year: projects have to fit entirely inside the ten-week window between the last day and the first, which is why field renovation and interior work cluster into July. The district's remaining five-year-plan projects continue in future summers.

Source: the Mercury News.

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