The West Carrollton School District will be having a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new West Carrollton Elementary School. A brief ceremony will be followed by an opportunity for the community to tour the building.
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025
4:30 to 6 p.m.
West Carrollton Elementary School, 629 E. Central Lane, West Carrollton, OH 45449
NOTE: Elementary School Parents/Guardians
We would love for you to attend; however, staff will not be available. Please do not bring supplies or other items on the day of the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
You may meet teachers, have classroom visits, and bring supplies during the Open House on Aug. 14 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
The Ceremony will be held at the front entrance of the building on Central Lane beginning at 4:30 p.m., followed by an opportunity to tour the building until 6 p.m.
NOTE: Not all classrooms will be open.
Visitors will be able to visit the first and second floors.
The office, gym, cafeteria, music room, art room, and library will be included in the tour.
Doors will be open at 4:30 p.m., but tour areas will be limited until the conclusion of the ribbon cutting.
There will be NO PARKING at the front of the building or on Central Lane.
Suggested parking is at the rear of the building. Door #7 will open at 4:30. Anyone attending the ceremony should come to the front of the building before 4:30 p.m..
Representatives from the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC); project architect, Levin Porter; construction manager, Shook Construction; the West Carrollton School District; and community leaders are expected to attend.
West Carrollton Elementary School will house all second through fourth-grade students when the new school year begins on August 20. Construction of new schools began after the passage of the November 2019 Building Bond Issue.
The State of Ohio is paying 81%, and the community is paying 19% of the co-funded construction costs.
A two-phase construction plan began immediately following the passage of the Building Bond Issue. The first buildings constructed were the Early Childhood Center, serving students from preschool through first grade, and the Intermediate School, which houses students in fifth and sixth grade. Both buildings opened for the 2022-23 school year. The second phase of construction was West Carrollton Elementary and West Carrollton Middle/High School. The elementary school will open for the 2025-26 school year, and the Middle/High School will open for the 2026-27 school year.
An independent study by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission, conducted for each school in the district, determined that the cost of maintenance and building updates needed outweighed the cost of constructing new buildings.