Schools

Heralding The Construction Of A New Middle School

The new Portola Middle School campus being built on the site of the closed Castro Elementary School is expected to be completed December 2015.


Construction of El Cerrito’s new middle school is finally under way at the old Castro Elementary School site on Donal Avenue between Lawrence and Norvell.

In a renovation much like the transformation of the El Cerrito Plaza, some buildings on campus will be demolished and some renovated, as Betty Burginas writes in a blog posting about the groundbreaking ceremony.

Read her story here

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