Under construction
School staff and Martel Construction workers admire the kindergarten wing of the new Muldown Elementary during a school board tour of the school. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
Owner’s representative Dow Powell walks trustees through the main corridor that will connect the cafeteria and gym to the first and second grade wings during a tour of the new Muldown school. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
The current Muldown schools sits behind the under-construction new school. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
Whitefish School District Superintendent Heather Davis Schmidt walks through the new Muldown Elementary during a school board tour of the school. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
Owner’s representative Dow Powell explains the process of building the new Muldown Elementary during a school board tour of the school. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
Whitefish School District Superintendent Heather Davis Schmidt describes what will become of a space inside the new Muldown Elementary during a school board tour of the school. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
The Whitefish School District Board trustees and a handful of district staff recently took a tour of the new Muldown Elementary School under construction near the current school.
Led by Owner’s Representative Dow Powell and members of the Martel Construction team, the tour provided an early look at the school, which has most of its steel erected and concrete poured, and is set to open in fall of 2020.
Voters last October approved a $26.5 million levy request by the district to construct the new school and construction began in July last year. The existing school faces issues like overcrowding and a failing infrastructure.
The new school was designed by architectural firm L’Heureux, Page and Werner and will be a two-story building with its own full-size gym and a student capacity of about 755 students.