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Starting in 2022, Aurora City Schools began exploring the conditions of its existing facilities and the impact they have on families. As a result of those efforts, they engaged with a variety of stakeholder groups, conducted surveys, reviewed enrollment data, and prepared schematic outlines to best understand how to address facility needs for the years ahead.
Starting in 2022, Aurora City Schools began exploring the conditions of its existing facilities and the impact they have on families. As a result of those efforts, they engaged with a variety of stakeholder groups, conducted surveys, reviewed enrollment data, and prepared schematic outlines to best understand how to address facility needs for the years ahead.
Dating back to November of 2024, the Aurora City School District has been refining its long-term facility planning-process in hopes of best-serving the Aurora learners while being sound fiscal stewards of community-resources. Following community engagement and garnering input from students, staff and stakeholders, the district has incorporated feedback to simplify and distill the proposal into the most financially responsible plan focused on three core areas—early education, transportation, and building longevity–known as “The Essential Plan.” The Essential Plan directly addresses the fundamental infrastructural needs of the district to best-serve the community in both the short and long-term.
After a period of study in the beginning of 2025, the Board of Education heard a presentation from ThenDesign Architecture on the various options that were being discussed.
In 2022, at the start of the process, of the 1,215 families who responded to the initial survey, the majority felt that Aurora City Schools would need to investigate new facilities in the next 5 years.
In 2022, at the start of the process, of the 1,215 families who responded to the initial survey, the majority felt that Aurora City Schools would need to investigate new facilities in the next 5 years.
In March of 2022, the district conducted a broad survey of their staff to gather their input on a potential facility project.
Five key patterns emerged from their feedback:
40% wanted to keep the existing building breakdown and add a new 1-2 school.
38% wanted Miller to become a PK-K, Leighton to become a 1-3, add a new 4-5 school, Harmon to become a 6-8, and AHS to remain a 9-12.
Build a new high school, raze Craddock, and move all grades up except Miller.
Build a new K-3 and keep all other schools the same
Build a new PK-2 facility and keep all other schools the same.
Former Superintendent Mike Roberto reported to the Board on the parent survey regarding the possible construction of a new school building in the District. A total of 1,215 families representing 1,882 students (63%) responded to the survey with 87% of the parents responding that they would support a bond issue to construct a new school building. Mr. Roberto presented a tentative timeline for the Board to consider the steps necessary to move through this process.
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