New & Renovated Schools
A Visionary Plan
School bonds enable us to transform facilities for current students and future generations.
When you care deeply about your students, you want to provide them with the best possible opportunities for learning. In 2019, after enlisting planning experts to help us assess facility needs across our entire district
When you care deeply about your students, you want to provide them with the best possible opportunities for learning. In 2019, after enlisting planning experts to help us assess facility needs across our entire district, GCS set forth an ambitious Facilities Master Plan with the vision to transform our buildings and learning spaces.
The Facilities Master Plan guides our every step forward
Our vision includes a careful balance between valuing our historic buildings while making way for modernized design that creates new possibilities. We are tending to critical upgrades to heating, air, water and all of the basic essentials of well-running buildings as quickly as we can. Meanwhile, we are creating new spaces for our students, and these exciting facilities look and feel different for a reason — because we are delivering on a promise to our students and community to invest in their future. This is not just about brick and mortar. This is about using our approach to learning environments to send a message about how we view our students and their potential.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How does GCS plan to spend the $300 million bond passed by Guilford County voters in November 2020?
- How did GCS identify these projects?
- My child’s school needs a lot of repairs, too. Why isn’t it on the list?
- How can I find out where my child’s school falls on the priority list?
- Why are our schools in such poor physical condition?
- What about the lottery? Doesn’t the state provide funding for school capital needs?
- What about preventative maintenance?
- Is this issue unique to GCS?
- What happens once this phase is complete?
How does GCS plan to spend the $300 million bond passed by Guilford County voters in November 2020?
How did GCS identify these projects?
My child’s school needs a lot of repairs, too. Why isn’t it on the list?
How can I find out where my child’s school falls on the priority list?
Why are our schools in such poor physical condition?
What about the lottery? Doesn’t the state provide funding for school capital needs?
What about preventative maintenance?
Is this issue unique to GCS?
What happens once this phase is complete?
Six Key Areas
- Full renovation and rebuilding of facilities in the worst condition
- New construction for residential growth and economic development
- Invest in technology
- Invest in safe schools
- Focus on innovative choices
- Educational adequacy enhancements to improve the teaching and learning environment at all schools
We believe in you.
We want you to explore, experiment, collaborate, think deeply — and feel right at home while doing it.
We see the future in you, and we want you to see it in yourself. That’s why our new and renovated spaces are intended to support the student you are today and the successful person you’ll be in the future.
We send this message to our students not just as a school district, but as a cohesive community committed to public education. We are grateful to all of the voters who supported school bonds so that we can carry out the vision of our Facilities Master Plan, now and in the coming months and years. Our shared public investment in Guilford County will yield positive outcomes for families and communities for generations.
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Exciting expansion of Choice
Through the Facilities Master Plan, we will expand Choice Programs and Schools, particularly in Greensboro and High Point where student demand for more options has been the greatest
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Prioritizing major repairs at 56 schools
7 + 3
Constructing 7 new schools on new sites and new additions at 3 schools to alleviate overcrowding and manage student enrollment growth
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Eliminating mobile classrooms - some of which have been around since the 1970s - district-wide
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Rebuilding 22 schools on existing sites
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Fully renovating 19 schools
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Upgrading safety, security and technology at 100% of schools