In the presence of Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro, faculty members, students and benefactors symbolically placed the first stone of the planned renovation of the campus at the American School Foundation of Guadalajara October 9.
Rather than relocate to a new campus in the city suburbs, the school’s board of directors recently decided to renovate its current premises in Colonia Providencia – its home for the past 59 years.
Plans include a six-story building encompassing 25 classrooms, four art salons, six science laboratories, a roof terrace, a library, and reading and relaxation areas. The estimated cost of the first phase of the work is 300 million pesos. The new building is expected to be ready for the start of the 2021-22 school year.
There will be little or no disruption of normal life on campus while the work is ongoing, school Director David McGrath has stressed.
The new infrastructure will allow the school to welcome an additional 200 students at various levels.
At the ceremony, Alfaro said the planned works are a example of how the city is adapting to new times. “Little by little Guadalajara is consolidating itself as the capital of innovation in Mexico and Latin America.”