ELM CREEK, Neb. (AP) — School district officials in central Nebraska plan to mark Elm Creek elementary school’s 100th birthday next year by building its replacement. 

Nearly 60% of voters supported an $11.9 million bond issue this month that will pay to build a new elementary. 

Plans call for students to begin attending the new school in August. 2023. Elm Creek Superintendent Bret Schroder said he’s relieved and excited that the bond issue passed. 

Once the new school is completed, the old one will be torn down to make more playground space.

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 </figure>ELM CREEK, Neb. (AP) — School district officials in central Nebraska plan to mark Elm Creek elementary school’s 100th birthday next year by building its replacement. Nearly 60% of voters supported an $11.9 million bond issue this month that will pay to build a new elementary. Plans call for students to begin attending the new school in August. 2023. Elm Creek Superintendent Bret Schroder said he’s relieved and excited that the bond issue passed. Once the new school is completed, the old one will be torn down to make more playground space.

Elm Creek voters approve replacing elementary school as it turns 100