Renovations will soon begin at West Madison Elementary School to make way for a brand-new pre-K center.
At a special-called board meeting Thursday morning, the Madison City Schools board members unanimously approved the $7,345,000 bid from Limestone Building Group out of Hartselle.
New mechanical and aesthetical work will be done to the now-vacant elementary school.
School leaders say the new building will increase the number of children who can enroll in pre-K with Madison City Schools.
"We always have a list of folks who really wanted to get in but couldn't," Superintendent Ed Nichols said. "While we don't exhaust the complete list of a little over 200, we will make a great dent in it, and that's beneficial for families."
There is no plan yet for the existing pre-K centers in the district.
School leaders hope to have renovations complete by the start of the 2023-2024 school year.
