The $46.6 million project comes from capital projects funding.
The school was on the precautionary lockdown for less than an hour on Friday.
"No irregular substances" detected at Poulakidas Elementary after report of possible hazmat incident
Friday, February 4th UPDATE:
The Washoe County School District Board of Trustees has approved a construction contract for a new Cold Springs area elementary school for $32 million.
Students may not be excited yet, but teachers and administration at new schools at the Washoe County School District are ready for the new school year. "I'm very excited," said Don Angotti, Principal of the new Nick Poulakidas Elementary School in South Reno.
Friday Nick Poulakidas Elementary School became the third school in Washoe County School District in the last two months to have its final steel beam put into place.
The new Nick Poulakidas Elementary School will be state of the art, and will help with overcrowding in some South Meadows elementary schools when it opens in fall 2019.
Nick Poulakidas, Ann Jones Carlson and Officer John Bohach all left an imprint in the community, and one their names will be on the building when it opens in the fall of 2019.