It’s been a long time coming.

With the passage of Spokane Public Schools’ $200 million bond, Adams Elementary School staff are packing up classrooms at the 115-year-old school. Students are readying to vacate so the district can get started on the first of dozens of projects to be funded through the bond.

Students will start winter break on Dec. 19. They will return from break in January to the old Jefferson Elementary School at 37th Avenue and Grand Boulevard while demolition begins at Adams.

The school building has been on the district’s replacement list for years, said Superintendent Adam Swinyard. A replacement would have been funded through the failed 2024 bond, and previous tax collections have paid for incremental work on the old school.

“When we first started, the thought was b

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