# Open house Monday for new El Sol School site in Kalamazoo
A community open house will be held Monday from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the future site of El Sol School. The event will take place at 1428 Baker Street in Kalamazoo.
School officials say this is an opportunity for anyone interested to see the location and renderings of the new building. The current El Sol School is located at 604 West Vine Street in Kalamazoo Township.
Students will remain in the current building until construction of the new building is completed. The plan is to have the new school built in time for the 2028-29 school year.
That year would only include K through 5 students. Sixth grade would be added the following year. 7th and 8th grades would be progressively added each year after that. The magnet school aims to graduate students who are proficient in both English and Spanish.
The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Trustees last November approved preliminary designs for a new school that would give El Sol room to include middle schoolers.
The board previously voted to move the school from its current location in the city of Kalamazoo to a plot of district-owned land in Kalamazoo Township Eastwood. The board then reversed that decision by deciding to put the school on Baker Street instead.
After construction was approved in a 2022 bond issue. The Kalamazoo Public Schools is about to work on building the new El Sol School.
"School officials say this is an opportunity for anyone interested to see the location and renderings of the new building."
Additional reporting by John McNeill.
Sources:
- WKZO: https://wkzo.com/2026/05/16/928884/
- WIN 98.5: https://wincountry.com/2026/05/16/928884/