COLLABORATING FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
When voters approved the Fit for the Future plan in
November 2017, construction crews got right to work
to build new schools and begin renovations at schools
across the Anoka-Hennepin School District.
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The new main entrance at Anoka High School will improve
safety and security at the school, and a large classroom
addition will offer additional space for students and classes.
The construction work is expected to be complete on both
projects later this fall. A cafeteria expansion at Blaine High School has relieved
overcrowding experienced during lunchtime. That project, as
well as a classroom addition, were both completed prior to
the start of school.
Crews continue to work on the new front entrance and
main office relocation at Coon Rapids High School. The new
entrance will eventually connect to the fieldhouse side of the
school. The auditorium expansion at Andover High School was
completed in August and the facility was first used to hold a
parent meeting for fall activities prior to school starting on
Sept. 3.
As elementary students returned for school in
September, they entered a completed Sunrise
Elementary School in Blaine and Brookside Elementary
School in Ramsey. Improvement projects at all five
traditional high schools also welcomed students.
The Fit for the Future plan aims to ensure safe and
secure learning environments by removing portable
classrooms across the district, constructing additional
schools and classroom space, maintaining quality
schools at every building in the district, and addressing
class sizes at all levels. Work is being coordinated in
phases mainly over four years.
Project updates
Two new elementary schools — Brookside in Ramsey
and Sunrise in Blaine — were completed on time and
within budget.
At Andover High School, phase one work on a
two-story classroom addition in front of the school is
completed, and the cafeteria expansion on the rear
of the building and the second story addition to the
auditorium are finished. Phase two construction on the
gymnasium and fitness spaces will begin in the spring
of 2020, with completion scheduled for the end of the
2020-21 school year.
At Anoka High School, phase one work on a new
main entry and office area is essentially complete with
the classroom addition on the front of the building
programmed for completion in September. Phase two
work has already begun at the school, which will expand
the school’s fieldhouse and cafeteria. Those projects will
be complete for the start of the 2020-21 school year.
At Blaine High School (BHS), the two-story classroom
addition and cafeteria expansion, which were part of
phase one work at the school, are finished. Meanwhile,
phase two expansion of the fieldhouse and fitness areas,
as well as the construction of a new front entry and
main office area, will begin in the spring of 2020 with
completion set for the start of the 2021-22 school year.
At Champlin Park High School, the phase one work on
a two-story classroom addition on the west side of the
school, the fieldhouse addition on the south side, and
the auditorium storage on the east side, are completed.
There are no phase two projects at the school.
At Coon Rapids High School, phase one work to
create a new front entrance with relocation of the main
offices is set to be done in October. Meanwhile, phase
two work, which will complete the link to the fieldhouse
side of the school, add a new fitness center, a new
music room, and remodel several classrooms, is set to
start in the spring of 2020 with completion in time for
the 2021-22 school year.
Phase two
Construction will begin at both Anoka Middle
School for the Arts campuses in the spring of 2020. At
Washington, a classroom addition will be constructed,
and the school’s gym and cafeteria will be expanded.
Fred Moore will also have a classroom addition, and
that school will also see the cafeteria expanded and the
main office and front entry moved. All of the work will
be done for the start of the 2021-22 school year.
At Champlin-Brooklyn Park Academy (CBPA), a
large classroom addition will begin in the spring of
2020, as well as an expansion to the school’s media
center, cafeteria, and gym. This expansion will allow
Jackson Middle School to reclaim a number of
classrooms that CBPA has been using. All of the work
will be done for the start of the 2021-22 school year.
River Trail Learning Center at L.O. Jacob will see
a large classroom addition constructed, as well as a
number of special education improvements. All of the
work will be done for the start of the 2021-22 school
year. SECURITY, SPACE
SAFETY,
CONSTRUCTION
TIMELINE
All district schools will also see a number of science,
media center, and special education improvements by
the end of the 2022-23 school year as part of the Fit
for the Future plan.
Construction of the classroom, cafeteria, fieldhouse and
fitness expansions are complete at Champlin Park High
School. Pictured is a new weight room on the second level of
For project updates and additional photos please
the fieldhouse addition.
Get the latest information regarding the Fit for the Future
2018 through 2021
visit ahschools.us/FitForTheFuture. n
construction timeline estimates at: ahschools.us/construction.
2018
2019
Andover High School
2020
2021
Andover High School
Anoka High School
Anoka Middle School for the Arts
Blaine High School
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Blaine High School
CBPA/Jackson Middle School
Champlin Park High School
Coon Rapids High School
Coon Rapids High School
New elementary school
New elementary school
River Trail Learning Center
All district schools
2022
2023