SPRING VALLEY – The Spring Valley Elementary Board was joined by numerous city officials at a special board meeting Thursday night.

Architect Bill VanDusen of Allied Design of Springfield said the meeting was to provide a status report on the new addition to John F. Kennedy School.

VanDusen said the construction documents are 80-85 percent completed, and the project is still on time. The final construction documents will be presented to the board for final approval at the Jan. 16 board meeting. After the documents are approved, the process will move to the bidding phase, with a proposed date of Feb. 14 set for opening bids.