Canyons School District inherited $650M in deferred maintenance — here’s its latest rebuild

Canyons School District officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the rebuilt Union Middle School to celebrate its opening on September 6, 2023.As hundreds of adults and children toured the airy new Union Middle School in Sandy last week, a young student’s voice rose above the chatter.The original Union Middle School was 55 years old and deteriorating, one of many aging buildings located in the Canyons School District when it was created in 2009.

Designed by VCBO Architecture, Union Middle now features floor-to-ceiling windows and multiple skylights. It has four grade-specific academic wings, a 650-seat auditorium, and each classroom is wired to accommodate mobile technologies. The building also features 2D and 3D art suites. After a six-year wait, the school officially opened Sept. 5. Students spent their first two weeks of the fall semester in remote learning while construction was finalized.

Still to come is a completed kitchen, several music rooms and a media center. Athletic fields and a ninja warrior-style obstacle course will be finished next year.Including Union Middle, Canyons has now either rebuilt or remodeled 23 schools. And because the new school was built on the same property, students could watch its construction in real time — something Shawna Fillmore, a career and technical education teacher, incorporated into her lessons.

In 2010, voters in the new district approved a $250 million bond for facility upgrades, which was used to build two new schools and rebuild five other buildings. Canyons School District officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the rebuilt Union Middle School to celebrate its opening on September 6, 2023.

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