Seguin (Texas) district breaks ground on new high school (with Video)

$81 million campus will replace existing high school and accommodate 2,450 students.

The Seguin (Texas) district has broken ground on a new high school.

The $81 million project will provide a building of about 340,000 square feet to accommodate 2,450 students. The new school, scheduled to open in August 2017, will replace a campus of 18 separate buildings, some of which were built in the 1950s.

The money for construction comes from an $83 million bond issue approved by voters in 2013.

Video of the groundbreaking:

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Mike Kennedy

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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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