Aging classrooms — with the newest being portables exceeding 40 years in use — are being replaced as promised via three high profile two-story classroom building projects.

Two are currently under construction.

*The 26-classroom, two-story building along Union Road on the East Union campus complete with a modern media center and learning stairs.

*The 20-clsssroon, two-story complex along Mikesell Avenue on the Manteca High campus.

Both are targeted for completion this summer.

The largest of all Measure A classroom replacement projects received the Manteca Unified School District board’s blessing to proceed on Wednesday.

The project is a 32-clssrtoom, two-story structure along Sherman Avenue.

Just like East Union’s new 2-story building, it includes a modern media center and learning stairs.

It is targeted for competition in 2027.

When finished, it will be the largest classroom structure ever built in Manteca Unified.

The $56.7 million price tag of the next Manteca High masterplan component is the most expensive undertaking using Measure A bond funds.

It also will include $2.3 million in interim housing for aging classroom wings that need to be demolished to make way for the new two-story structure along Sherman Avenue.

The board Wednesday also authorized selling the remaining $130 million of the $260 million bond approved by voters in November 2020.

It will finance the Manteca High modernization and safety work as well as other projects throughout the district.

The current Measure A work — part of an overall $65 million undertaking at East Union and Manteca high schools — also includes building  a new small gym at the North Union Road campus as well as a new weight room and indoor PE facility that will also accommodate aerobics and wrestling.

The new small gym should be completed in the coming months.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwaytt@mantecabulletin.com