Creek’s long-awaited campus transformation and modernization is beginning. With the current admin building’s demolition already set in motion. The first of the plan’s two phases are expected to be completed by the summer of 2028.
The reconstruction was included in the 2024 Mill and Bond budget measure and the first phase mainly focuses on the West building.
The redesign splits West, Creek’s biggest building, into two specialized structures.
“So we’ll have an academic building and another building that will house all the PE, health and athletic facilities,” Principal Ryan Silva said.
The academic building will have three floors, with the second and third floors organized by department, while the first will provide a variety of services.
“Ideally, all of our science is on the third floor, all of math is on the second floor, and on the first floor is all the administration offices, business, our nurse, bookkeeping, cafeteria,” Campus Administrator Brynn Thomas said.
The other major part of phase one focuses on the new addition of an athletics building, which will house the range of athletic equipment and facilities.
“Some of that includes our locker rooms, health classrooms, all of our gyms, our weight room, team rooms, the athletic offices, and we’ll have a dance room,” Thomas said.
The construction starting on campus means that many construction zones will pop up around Creek affecting areas here at school next school year.
“Students can expect to see clearly marked construction zones, safety signage and occasional changes to pedestrian routes,” CCSD Director of Strategic Communication and External Affairs Ashley Verville said. “Students should be mindful of posted detours and barriers, avoid entering fenced or restricted areas and stay alert around the west side of campus.”
These new construction areas will also occupy a part of Creek’s parking, so new temporary parking situations are being made available for students and staff. Discussions over how to manage parking passes and reduced space are still unfinished.
“We are working on some realistic parking solutions to allow all of our staff to have parking spots for sure, all of our seniors, and we are working to make sure that we can accommodate the majority of our juniors,” Thomas said.
Creek students and staff will continue to use the current West building until the new buildings are completed. Passing periods will accommodate the longer walk from the current buildings.
“We’ll continue to have classes and athletic events that normally are hosted in our west building until the completion and unveiling of the two new builds, then, then we’ll move and transition into having school there,” Thomas said.
With all of the changes coming to Creek, Thomas explains that this temporary period of construction will have some challenges before the new west side of campus is complete.
“We’re gonna experience some discomfort, all teachers, staff, students, are going to need to be prepared for that and be able to look ahead at what the reward is going to be in the end,” Thomas said. “Because it’s going to be beautiful in the end, but it’s gonna be a little challenging to live through.”
