Chamisa Elementary campus gets new curbs, ramps and landscaping
New curbs, ramps and landscaping were going in at Chamisa Elementary, where White Rock families have already seen trail and playground closures.
Crews were installing new curbs, ramps, grass and stone across the Chamisa Elementary campus in White Rock, adding another visible layer to the district’s long-running work around the school. The project affects one of Los Alamos Public Schools’ five elementary campuses in the county’s second-largest population center, where changes to entrances and walkways can quickly affect drop-off, pickup and neighborhood foot traffic.
White Rock sits about nine miles southeast of Los Alamos, and Chamisa serves families who pass the campus daily. The new curbs and ramps point to changes in how people move onto the site, while the grass and stone work is reshaping the grounds that students will return to when the school year starts. Los Alamos Public Schools lists Robert Hollman as construction manager for the district’s building program.
The Chamisa work is part of a broader White Rock school construction push. At Piñon Elementary, the district says site work includes sidewalks, parking lots, driveways, fencing and gates, playgrounds, grass fields and landscaping, with completion scheduled by the end of summer 2026. That timeline matters for White Rock residents because it shows exterior work on the district’s campuses is still continuing well into the next school cycle.
Access has already been affected more than once. In June 2024, short-term closures of the Chamisa playground and the trail west of Piñon were announced as White Rock school construction moved ahead. In October 2025, installation of a new fence on the Chamisa site required closing a section of the trail behind the school. Those repeated closures show how construction around Chamisa has affected nearby pedestrian routes as well as the school grounds themselves.
Chamisa’s 2026 school page names Elizabeth Meek as the next principal, and the office can be reached at 505-663-2471. With curbs, ramps and landscaping still being installed, the campus remains in transition, and families using the school area should expect the work to shape access around the site while the district finishes the current phase.
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