St. Columbkille Renovation Updates

Construction crews will break ground at St. Columbkille as soon as school releases for summer break in 2024. Work will then continue throughout the 2024-2025 academic year, during which time students and teachers will be relocated to our temporary classroom accommodations at Resurrection and St. Joseph the Worker.

For the 2024-2025 school year:

• Preschool through first-grade students will be relocated to St. Joseph the Worker.
• Grades two through five will relocate to the south wing of Resurrection Elementary, which is currently unoccupied.

These temporary relocation plans will support student safety, avoid day-to-day disruptions and provide an environment conducive to learning and growing in our faith.

The renovation will bring about 19,000 square feet of new space to the school and renovate about 33,000 square feet of existing space, creating school building of approximately 52,000 square feet in total size.

The renovated school building will have the capacity for three classrooms per grade in K–5, as well as two classrooms each for preschool and pre-K students.

There will be dedicated classroom space for specialist subjects, support rooms and a new cafeteria.

Improvements to existing space will include central heating and cooling; new flooring, windows, ceilings and fixtures; elecrical work and plumbing.

Our school will be built for 476 students (396 in K–5 and 80 in preschool/pre-kindergarten), making St. Columbkille the largest elementary school in the Holy Family school system.

When considering current enrollment demand and the number of Baptisms at St. Columbkille and nearby parishes, we are confident the school will be sized appropriately to accommodate the demand of parishioners and other local families.

For example, the new school will have the capacity for 66 kindergarteners (22 in each of the three sections). In 23-24, St. Columbkille had to cap kindergarten enrollment at 61 due to our current space limitations.