The new Florence Elementary School opened on Wednesday, August 18. 

Keller ISD has a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) from the City of Fort Worth. The general contractor and KISD have developed a completion plan that will be executed over the coming months as we to finish interior and exterior elements that have been delayed due to COVID-19. Site work and demolition will carry into the December/January timeframe. 

Courtyard within the new Heritage ES campus. 

New Heritage ES Cafeteria. 

A significant amount of progress has been made on the new Heritage Elementary School, with the building still planned to open in August 2021. 

All of the structural steel is now in place and foundation work is also complete. The building exterior is beginning to go up as is interior sheet rock. 

Looking across the courtyard of the new Heritage ES campus toward classrooms. 

Construction inside the gym at the new HES, looking toward the cafeteria. 

Looking down the main hallway of the new HES from the school's future entrance.

Sheet rock going up along an administrative hallway. 

Aerial images show the latest progress at the Heritage Elementary construction site: 

The project contractor has mobilitized, installed perimter fencing around the construction zone areas of the property, set up the project job trailers, located existing utility lines, and has almost completed site grading and will start piles. 

The Board of Trustees approved a GMP admendment to the construction contract with BTC in the amount of $1,196,990 for the fifth-grade addition to the building. Changes in the Vista Ridge Middle School feeder pattern necessitated the need for the additional classroom space.

Despite Keller ISD's COVID-19 closure, progress continues on both the Heritage Elementary and Florence Elementary projects. 

Florence's site plan was formally approved by the Southlake City Council in April and plans for Heritage have been submitted to the City of Fort Worth. In early May, the construction manager received bids for the construction of the two projects, but with the instability of the construction market since March, the manager and VLK Architects are continuing to work to ensure that the projects both remain within budget before accepting a bid. 

Below is a look at the preliminary design of the new Heritage Elementary School:

In January 2020, the Board of Trustees approved the design development of the new Heritage Elementary and Florence Elementary campuses from VLK Architects. View the video below to see a flyover of the preliminary designs:  

Below is a video from the January 23, 2020, Board Meeting at which VLK's Sloan Harris describes the design process for Heritage Elementary and Florence Elementary: