West Holmes K-5 school project stays on track for fall opening
West Holmes’ 110,000-square-foot K-5 building remains on pace for a fall opening, keeping the district’s elementary move-in plan, staffing and bus routes on deadline.
The new West Holmes K-5 building remains on track for a fall 2026 opening, keeping the district’s 110,000-square-foot, $40 million elementary project on pace north of West Holmes High School in Millersburg. Superintendent Eric Jurkovic said the building is still on time and on budget, with modern classrooms, full accessibility and updated facilities planned for all elementary students.
That schedule matters because the opening will bring elementary students from Killbuck, Lakeville, Millersburg and Nashville into one building. For families, the countdown now runs through the work that has to be finished before students arrive this fall, including construction closeout, inspections, classroom setup, transportation planning, staffing moves and safety preparations.
The project began with a long facilities review inside the West Holmes Local School District. The district formed a Facilities Advisory Committee between November 2022 and August 2023, held four public meetings in April and May 2023, and then received a recommendation on June 1, 2023 to move ahead with construction of a new elementary school after reviewing building assessments and district needs.
Ground was broken Aug. 1, 2024 at the site north of West Holmes High School, and by July 2025 the building was already taking shape. Plans for the finished school included art displays, greenspace, a modern design and two playgrounds, details that reflect a full replacement of the district’s elementary setup rather than a simple addition to an existing campus.
The consolidation is the key operational change for Holmes County families. Instead of maintaining four separate elementary buildings, West Holmes is building one K-5 facility that will house the district’s youngest students together, which will affect how classes are assigned, how buses are routed and how teachers and support staff are placed when the new school opens.
The district has framed the project as a major investment in its elementary grades and in the long-term shape of West Holmes Local Schools. If the schedule holds through the final stretch, the new building will give the district a single, fully accessible campus designed to replace four older schools with one modern facility ready for the fall start.
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