A rendering of the planned Rosemont Elementary main entrance, facing Montclair Avenue.
A $14.1-million renovation for Rosemont Upper School could start as soon as this semester.
The school, which was built in 1922 and now serves grades 6-8, currently comprises 53,400 square feet and will receive a full renovation, including the main entrance on Montclair Avenue. Dallas ISD also will build a 44,200-square-f00t fine arts addition that includes a gym, which also serves as a tornado shelter.
The addition will serve art, choir, instrumental music and dance. It will have a 400-seat auditorium, a black-box theater and outdoor amphitheater.
The historic school will also receive classroom renovations, an updated cafeteria, new windows, a new HVAC system, electrical upgrades, new lighting, renovated bathrooms, a new roof and a learning garden. All portables will be removed.
Construction is expected to begin this fall, pending permits from the City of Dallas, and could be finished by the spring of 2023. The project is funded from a 2015 bond.
Scroll to the bottom to watch a community presentation by architecture firm WRA, given in June.
Here are more renderings of the plans.
