GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Students and staff at an Alachua County elementary school are starting the school year in their newly renovated campus.

A ribbon-cutting was held at Littlewood Elementary on Friday morning.

Students were put at a temporary site at Westwood Middle School last school year -- while construction took place.

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“A lot of the time, as I’m driving by, I’m thinking there’s no way that’s going to be done by August, but the design team and the building team did a great job, so many of the new spaces are just so beautiful but also functional so that’s what’s important to me,” said principal Justin Russell.

The project cost $37 million, and it is now ready for the first day of school, starting Mond

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