Springboro Schools broke ground this week on two major construction projects — a multi-use athletics complex at Springboro High School and a six-classroom addition at Springboro Junior High School — marking the first visible work under a $115 million bond issue voters approved without raising local tax rates. Both projects are expected to be ready for the start of the 2027-28 school year.
The $115 million, 2.8-mill bond issue cleared the ballot in November 2025 and is designed to fund four major facility projects across the district without increasing residents' tax burden, according to Springboro Schools. As reported by WKRC, interim superintendent Matt Tudor said the athletics complex and junior high addition are the first of several projects planned through the bond issue.
What's Rising at the High School and Junior High
The new athletics complex on the Springboro High School campus is expected to serve boys and girls soccer, lacrosse and tennis, and will include locker rooms, a team room for film review, concessions, and seating for about 1,500 fans, per the station's report. Tudor said bringing those teams onto the high school campus was an important part of the project, since several student athletes currently travel to Wade Field and other practice locations to play.
Cameron Walters, a Springboro High School junior and lacrosse player, told the outlet he's excited about the project's potential impact on the team and on attendance at games. Meanwhile, the addition at Springboro Junior High School will add six classrooms — two science labs and four general education classrooms — to the school. Tudor said the new spaces will better support instruction, and that science teachers will finally get state-of-the-art classrooms suited to the curriculum rather than having to share rooms.
Design Team and the Bigger Master Plan
Springboro Schools partnered with architecture firm SHP for the facility designs and selected HGC Construction in December 2025 as construction manager overseeing the athletics complex, the junior high expansion, and district-wide facility upgrades, according to Springboro Schools. The two current groundbreakings represent just the first phase of a broader modernization plan tied to the bond issue.
That larger plan includes permanently closing Springboro Intermediate, the district's oldest active school at 96 years old, which would reduce student building transitions from five to four, per the district. In its place, the district plans to build a new $67 million PreK-2 elementary school on the Easton Farm site, land it acquired through a swap agreement with the City of Springboro, with an opening targeted for the 2029-30 academic year.
The District's Fiscal Picture
The $115 million bond is funding facility projects across the district, including the construction now underway.
At the junior high level, families already help fund extracurricular athletics through a pay-to-participate fee of $210 per sport with an annual family cap of $1,040, according to Springboro Junior High Athletics.
