Oct. 14, 2026 – Recent weeks have brought exciting progress across Team Duval, as students, staff, community partners, and district leaders gathered to celebrate the opening of a new automotive lab at Terry Parker High School, a groundbreaking for a classroom addition at Loretto Elementary School, and the groundbreaking of the new Spring Park Elementary School.
Spring Park Elementary School is scheduled to open in August 2027, while the addition at Loretto Elementary School is expected to be completed in 2028.
How These Projects are Funded
The projects at Loretto Elementary and Spring Park Elementary are funded through the voter-approved half-cent sales tax. Since its passage in November 2020, the half-cent sales tax has supported the completion of five new schools: Rutledge Pearson Elementary, Highlands Estates Academy, Chaffee Trail Middle, Southside Estates Elementary, and Ribault High School. It has also funded campus expansions, facility upgrades, and safety improvements across the district.
The Terry Parker automotive lab was funded through Florida’s Capitalization Incentive Funding (CAP) Grant program, which supports career and technical education projects that help prepare students for high-demand careers. State-funded CAP grants have also supported career and technical education projects, including a new agricultural facility at Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology.
Read more about these projects below.
Terry Parker High School Automotive Lab
Students at Terry Parker High School now have access to a state-of-the-art automotive training facility designed to prepare them for careers in the transportation industry.
The new Automotive Maintenance & Light Repair Program includes a repair garage, classroom space, tool room, and parts storage areas that give students hands-on experience with the same equipment used by industry professionals. The project was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 29.
Fast Facts:
Facility Size: 6,500 square feet
Architect: KASPER Architects
Contractor: Auld & White Constructors
Funding Source: CAP Grant
Loretto Elementary School Addition
This new classroom addition will include primary and intermediate classrooms, a music classroom, and a teacher planning room. Additionally, this project will result in the removal of 13 portable classrooms and also improve the school’s parent drop-off loop with additional stacking lanes.
Fast Facts:
Student Capacity: Approximately 1,122 students
Negotiated Cost: $12.3 million addition; $415,093 early demolition
Designer: R. Dean Scott Architect, Inc.
Contractor: Auld & White
Spring Park Elementary School
Scheduled to open in August 2027, the new Spring Park Elementary School will replace the original campus with a fully modernized pre-K-5 learning environment.
In addition to traditional classrooms, the new school will feature early learning classrooms, specialized learning spaces, and a new city park adjacent to the campus.
Fast Facts:
Student Capacity: Approximately 946 students
Negotiated Cost: $36.6 million
Designer: Invision Architecture
Contractor: STG Contracting Group
Visit our Duval Reimagine webpage to learn more about our Record of Success and the next wave of projects. You can also visit the CAP Grant program webpage to learn more about its support for career and technical education projects across the state.