Construction has started on an elementary school in Mission Valley that is slated to be open for the 2022-23 academic year. It’s the first public elementary school for the rapidly growing area.
The yet-to-be-named school will serve up to 500 children in the Civita development, as well as the surrounding Mission Valley and Fashion Valley neighborhoods, in preschool through Grade 5. Growth is expected to continue in the area for quite some time. The San Diego City Council rezoned Mission Valley last year to approved mixed-use zones that will accommodate as many as 28,000 additional housing units through 2050.
The campus, located at Via Alta and Civita Boulevard, will feature four buildings designed with flexibility in…