Wake County schools are spending $5.6 million to repair structural deficiencies at three elementary schools built from the same design. Engineers found missing grout, connectors and rebar in walls at Creech Road, Davis Drive and Durant Road elementary schools. The district allocated $1.99 million for Creech Road Elementary, $1.73 million for Durant Road Elementary and $1.71 million for Davis Drive Elementary.
Another $147,000 will pay new contractors to assess the completed repairs. Engineers using wall X-rays found missing grout and connectors and insufficient reinforcing steel in parts of the buildings. The three schools were built in the 1990s from a shared design, and a fourth building with the design was inspected but not declared unsafe.
Durant Road teachers and students are using Abbotts Creek Elementary while work continues, with a planned return before the traditional-calendar school opens. The district said the $5.6 million comes from an existing facilities budget, requiring revisions to other planned projects. A widening crack at Creech Road triggered broader engineering review of the other campuses.
District officials are reviewing records to identify responsible contractors and determine whether any legal claim remains available.
The remaining evidentiary limit is specific: The responsible contractor or subcontractor had not been identified, repair completion dates could change and the district had not resolved whether it can recover costs. The next records expected to change the factual picture are five-day repair updates promised by the school district and the final relocation and reopening schedule for each campus. Until those records appear, the attributed figures, filings and official descriptions remain the most current public account and may be revised by the institutions that produced them. Each figure refers to the date and scope identified above; it does not imply a later total or broader category. Subsequent orders, filings, datasets or official updates can revise those figures without changing the documented sequence of events at the cutoff.