Work is picking up speed on a new Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) school on Franke Road, with district trustees approving a name for the school Monday – TCAPS Montessori – and contractor bids due this week, with plans to award the contracts on March 8 and start construction in April.
Timing has remained on track for the school buildout despite the pandemic, with the target still to finish construction in summer 2022 in time for students and faculty to occupy the building for the 2022-23 school year. The estimated $16 million school (pictured, rendering) will replace the existing TCAPS Montessori at Glenn Loomis school on Oak Street. Board trustees Monday approved a recommendation from the school principal, teachers, and staff to streamline the name of the new facility, with the school simply to be called TCAPS Montessori.
Bids are due today (Tuesday) for the “86,000…
