The School Board approved the Arlington Career Center Schematic Design at the Oct. 27 School Board Meeting. The revised base educational specifications for 1,550 students with a cost of $182.42 million was approved, which is the larger of the two proposed building designs. A majority of the funds for this project was incorporated in the 2022 School Bond Referendum. The project will now transition into the Use Permit phase and the new Arlington Career Center will be completed in December 2025.
Overview
Arlington Public Schools reconvened the Arlington Career Center (ACC) Project Building Level Planning Committee (BLPC) in January 2022 to continue planning for the ACC Project. The ACC Project was included in the FY 2023-32 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Direction at the Oct. 28, 2021 School Board Meeting. The Superintendent was directed to begin work immediately on the ACC concept design, which is currently underway. In addition, the ACC project was included in the Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2023-32 CIP.
Upcoming CIP Direction
The Superintendent recommends the School Board’s October 2023 CIP direction includes a plan for Phase 2 development of the Arlington Career Center Campus that achieves the following:
- Maintains maximum student capacity at 2,570 seats
- Repurposes the existing ACC building for the Montessori Public School of Arlington (MPSA)
- Demolishes MPSA (the Henry Building) and replaces it with green space
The FY 2023-32 CIP allocated placeholder funds for the second phase of development of the new Arlington Career Center (ACC) campus. The School Board’s CIP direction should confirm plans to redevelop the existing ACC building for the Montessori Public School of Arlington (MPSA) and demolish the current MPSA for additional field and green space. In addition, the following recommendations are detailed in this report.
The School Board will vote on the FY 2025-34 CIP in June 2024.
Additional information is available in the Arlington Career Center Project Overview One-Pager.