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California District Completes Second Phase of Construction on Innovation Campus

  • By Matt Jones
  • 10/02/24

The Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) in Milpitas, Calif., recently announced that Phase Two of construction is complete on the MUSD Innovation Campus, according to a news release. The district is partnering with Blach Construction and Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) on the education and workforce development center, which will support Calaveras Hills High School.

The project’s first two phases cost $90 million and cover almost 100,000 square feet. Phase Two involved the construction of two L-shaped classroom buildings around a central courtyard. It also entailed renovating an existing building into a Career Technical Education (CTE) lab to provide space for advanced manufacturing and robotics courses.

Phase One of the project was completed in August 2023 and consists of four buildings that house the MUSD District Office, the MUSD Adult School, and the Milpitas High School Extension. All seven buildings also feature a variety of STEAM classrooms and labs, career development space, administrative space and conference rooms, indoor and outdoor collaboration areas, an e-sports lab, a recording studio, and an art studio, the news release reports.

“Completing the second phase of the MUSD Innovation Campus is another important step in enhancing public education in our community—the gateway to Silicon Valley,” said MUSD Superintendent Cheryl Jordan. “Not only have Blach and QKA been a pleasure to work with on a day-to-day basis, their Folia solution has more than met our requirements by providing a wide range of flexible learning environments that can evolve over time as needed. They have helped turn this unique concept into reality.”

The project’s third and final phase will add a Workforce Development Center and an Early Childhood Education Research Center to the campus.

About the Author

Matt Jones is senior editor of Spaces4Learning. He can be reached at [email protected].

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