Demolition of main building at Eastwood High underway

The demolition of the main building at Eastwood High School is underway.

In 2015, voters in the Ysleta Independent School District approved a record-setting $430 million bond.

The money is being used to renovate schools, upgrade technology and improve athletic fields, but Eastwood will undergo one of the biggest transformations.

The main classroom building will be replaced with a new multi-level, state-of-the-art facility.

Incoming freshman will take their courses at Eastwood Middle School during the first year of construction, and bus back and forth for extracurricular activities like sports and band.

Eastwood High students have nicknamed their high school, currently undergoing a $93 million transformation, “Fort Eastwood.”

The moniker is meant to describe the 69 portable classrooms that will line the campus property during construction.

“The juniors are going to be in portables all year long, I feel really bad for them,” senior Karen Dobler told ABC-7 earlier this year.