A new addition at Auburn Elementary School, completed in the fall of 2021, includes classrooms and a new kitchen. (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer School District)
A nearly $22 million expansion of Auburn Elementary School in northeast Salem is now complete, the Salem-Keizer School District announced this week.
The project added a new wing to the school to reduce overcrowding. With about 530 students enrolled in early October, Auburn is one of the largest elementary schools in the district.
With 11 new classrooms added, students will no longer learn in portable classrooms. The project also included a new cafeteria and kitchen, and a multipurpose fitness room, according to district documents.
Construction on the school began in the summer of 2020. It’s part of a construction package local voters approved in 2018 to be repaid over 20 years of property taxes.
A new cafeteria at Auburn Elementary School, completed in the fall of 2021. (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer School District)
-Rachel Alexander
