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Dublin Unified School District trustees and leaders cut the ceremonial ribbon at Emerald High School on June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chuck Deckert) 
Community members and city leaders turn out for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Emerald High School in Dublin on June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chuck Deckert) 
Common area for students at the new Emerald High School in Dublin. (Photo by Chuck Deckert) 
The Emerald High School gymnasium, home to the Aerouants. (Photo by Chuck Deckert) 
Dublin Unified School District Superintendent Chris Funk speaks to the crowd during the ribbon-cutting for Emerald High School on June 8, 2024. Principal Francis Rojas is seen standing to Funk’s left. (Photo by Chuck Deckert) 
The Emerald High School logo. (Photo by Chuck Deckert) 
The entrance to the admin building at the new Emerald High School in Dublin. (Photo by Chuck Deckert)
The Dublin community joined together last weekend to mark another milestone in the development of Emerald High School — the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new campus due to open to students in August.
Constructed to help address overcrowding at Dublin High and equitability concerns for the east side of town amid the city’s residential growth over the last two decades, Emerald will welcome its first students (the freshman and sophomore classes only) when the new academic year starts. An additional class will be brought on each ensuing year while work on Phases II and III continues at the campus, in anticipation of full capacity at around 2,500 students starting with the 2026-27 term.
“We are two months away from a moment we have looked forward to for years. Aug. 13, the first day of classes on the Emerald campus, will be a milestone event for the City of Dublin. On that day, Emerald students will start to write the Emerald High story. We can’t wait to see how that story unfolds,” Dublin Unified School District Superintendent Chris Funk told Embarcadero Media Foundation after the June 8 ceremony.
The estimated $347 million project, which has been in the works for more than six years, is located at 3600 Central Pkwy., a 23.46-acre property that borders Dublin Boulevard and is blocks from Fallon Sports Park and Interstate 580.
Phase I of construction included the admin building, classroom tower one, student union, visual and performing arts center, library, gym and sports field, among other elements that are now complete. Phase II will include another academic tower, more visual and performing arts space, and stadium bleachers, while Phase III will focus on the 600-seat Catherine Kuo Performing Arts Center, according to district officials.
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