Officials provide construction update on Fox Elementary, Richmond High School for the Arts

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Public School officials celebrated construction progress on two schools -- Fox Elementary and Richmond High School for the Arts -- on Monday, Dec. 9. Mayor Levar Stoney, Superintendent Jason Kamras and other officials took a walkthrough inside Fox Elementary's new and improved building. RPS Chief Operating Officer Dana Fox explained the new structure will feature upgraded learning spaces with the same familiarity students and teachers remember. “We have drywall, paint going on walls, we have cabinets going in, we're going to have flooring going down,” Fox said. “So really, it's all the fun things to really outfit the building.” (Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News) Elsewhere, officials also applauded progress on Richmond High School for the Arts The new state-of-the-art building will feature updates like a podcast room, computer room, dance space and art room. Superintendent Jason Kamras said both projects are a look into future projects for other schools needing repairs. “We're looking at overcrowding in some spaces on the south side where we need to expand, we're excited to put pen to paper on that plan,” Kamras said. “We're grateful that we now have a robust assessment of all our buildings. So, big thanks to Ms. Fox and her team of contractors for putting that together, which now helps us figure out which facilities need it the most.” Stoney also explained why students, parents and faculty have been very patient and deserve the best out of these new buildings. (Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News) “I will not be in office, but I cannot wait to watch one of your segments and see the smiling faces of not just our parents, but the kids walking through the doors of a new Fox Elementary school,” Stoney said. Kamras said there will be about five to six schools that will see future improvements like Fox Elementary and RHSA. Fox Elementary School is expected to open by 2025, while RHSA will finish construction by 2027.

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Public School officials celebrated construction progress on two schools -- Fox Elementary and Richmond High School for the Arts -- on Monday, Dec. 9.

Mayor Levar Stoney, Superintendent Jason Kamras and other officials took a walkthrough inside Fox Elementary's new and improved building.

RPS Chief Operating Officer Dana Fox explained the new structure will feature upgraded learning spaces with the same familiarity students and teachers remember.

“We have drywall, paint going on walls, we have cabinets going in, we're going to have flooring going down,” Fox said. “So really, it's all the fun things to really outfit the building.”

(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)

Elsewhere, officials also applauded progress on Richmond High School for the Arts

The new state-of-the-art building will feature updates like a podcast room, computer room, dance space and art room.

Superintendent Jason Kamras said both projects are a look into future projects for other schools needing repairs.

“We're looking at overcrowding in some spaces on the south side where we need to expand, we're excited to put pen to paper on that plan,” Kamras said. “We're grateful that we now have a robust assessment of all our buildings. So, big thanks to Ms. Fox and her team of contractors for putting that together, which now helps us figure out which facilities need it the most.”

Stoney also explained why students, parents and faculty have been very patient and deserve the best out of these new buildings.

(Photo: Jamal Williams, 8News)

“I will not be in office, but I cannot wait to watch one of your segments and see the smiling faces of not just our parents, but the kids walking through the doors of a new Fox Elementary school,” Stoney said.

Kamras said there will be about five to six schools that will see future improvements like Fox Elementary and RHSA.

Fox Elementary School is expected to open by 2025, while RHSA will finish construction by 2027.