Steel flying at Westgate school in Kennewick

Construction workers guide steel beams as a crane lifts them into place Wednesday at the site of the new Westgate Elementary School building in Kennewick.

The replacement of the school on Fourth Avenue is now in its second planned year and on schedule.

The size and layout of the lot required the district to move students and teachers to the Fruitland building at the beginning of the 2015-16 school year so demolition could be completed.

The school is expected to open in fall 2017.

The project is being paid for with a bond approved by voters in February 2015.

This story was originally published July 20, 2016 at 6:22 PM with the headline "Steel flying at Westgate school in Kennewick."