Dublin's Emerald High School Virtual Groundbreaking Wednesday

DUBLIN, CA — Parents, get ready! Dublin Unified School District is about to get a bit closer to opening the long-awaited Emerald High School.

The virtual groundbreaking ceremony will be held here at 5:30 p.m., Sept. 30.

Plans for the new high school come amid a period of substantial growth in the district. Enrollment has tripled over the past decade from roughly 4,300 students in the 2009/2010 school year to 12,700 students in the 2019/2020 school year.

Last year, the Dublin Unified School District Board of Trustees agreed to shell out $38 million for a privately owned 23-acre lot, located between Central Parkway and Dublin Boulevard, to serve as the site for the new school. The district previously said it hopes to open to a limited number of students after the first phase of construction is complete in the fall of 2022.

The $259 campus will accommodate some 2,500 students and include a theater, aquatic complex, performing arts classrooms, kitchen, academic towers, student gathering area, eight tennis courts, a football field with stadium bleachers and concessions, and more.