New Housing, Schools Coming to San Jose

There soon will be room to move for cramped residents in North San Jose where 8,000 new housing units have been approved for construction. Those homes are going up at the old Agnews mental health facility. The city and Santa Clara Unified School District are in the process of taking it down and redeveloping that 80-acre plot of land. In its place, a new regional park complete with open space and athletic fields will take foor. Right next door, three new schools for elementary, middle and high school students will be built. The city and school district bought the site in 2014 for $96 million dollars. The city plans to finish demolishing its portion of the site by the middle of next year. Officials say to expect the new regional park within three to five years. The new elementary and middle schools could come in August 2020 and the new high school could open in 2021.