Cornelius Elementary School (2025)

Construction will take place from spring 2024 through summer 2025 on a new school building and parking lots at the north side of the campus, and play areas and field at the southeast corner. For your safety, please stay out of fenced construction zones.

In the sections below, you may access Pence's live camera views of the construction site, view the architect's renderings in the design gallery, as well as obtain regular project updates.

Design Gallery

Campus aerial view / vista aérea del campus

Main entry plaza / plaza de entrada principal

Family resources center — Family resource center / centro de recursos familiares

May 31, 2025 - Open House

The community said its final goodbyes to the existing Cornelius Elementary School with a celebration and open house on May 31, 2025. Over 100 guests were able to chat with fellow alumni, share their memories of the school, and view yearbooks over the decades. Principal Angella Graves led the final tour of the school, highlighting where additions were made over time and other key historical notes.

The current school was built in 1945. However, it's just one of others built across the decades to educate Cornelius schoolchildren as the community continues to grow from its agricultural roots. Here are some historical photos of those times (credits: Cornelius Public LIbrary, Cornelius Historical Sociaty):

May 28, 2025 - Construction Progress

May 7, 2025 - Construction progress

March 7, 2025 - FGHS Viking House students visit site