From being almost entirely torn down in 2016, Glenview Elementary School is back after a major rebuild and will be ready to open its doors when students and teachers are allowed to return from distance learning, according to the Oakland Unified School District, which unveiled the gleaming buildings on Friday. The new school features larger classrooms, a redesigned library and a multi-use room with a stage and a basketball court that has roll-up doors to allow for indoor-outdoor events.
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: Teacher Bea Fowlkes works in her new classroom at Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: The remodeled Glenview Elementary School is photographed in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: Wood from the old school's multi-purpose room was used to make a sitting area at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: Part of the new library is photographed at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: The remodeled Glenview Elementary School is photographed in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: The new multi-use room with a stage and a basketball court is photographed at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: Teacher Matt Takimoto gives instructions to his students online in his new classroom at Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: The new multi-use room with a stage and a basketball court is photographed at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: The sitting areas were made using wood from a tree that was cutdown during the remodeling of the Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: A play structure is photographed at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: Wood from the old school's multi-purpose room was used to make a sitting area at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: Teacher Bea Fowlkes works in her new classroom at Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: The multi-use room's roll-up doors and basketball court is photographed at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: A play structure is photographed at the remodeled Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 9: One of the sitting areas made using wood from a tree that was cutdown during the remodeling of the Glenview Elementary School is photographed in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The school, that retained the 1920s facade from the old school, was completely redesigned with modern amenities. The school will open for instruction once conditions related to the pandemic allow the District to reopen. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
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The renovation is one of the projects promised under a $475 million school facilities projects bond approved by voters in 2012. It took a long time because Glenview was one of nine school renovation projects halted in 2018 when the district went over budget and ran out of funds.
“This is a moment we have all been waiting years to see,” Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said in a news release about the project. “A time when we get to celebrate the rebirth of a beloved school. The newly rebuilt Glenview Elementary will serve generations of Oakland children, as a warm, welcoming and supportive environment for learning.”