The Harlem (Ill.) district plans to build an addition at its high school to improve students’ access to career and technical education.
The Rock River Current reports that the 27,000-square-foot addition to Harlem High School will enable students to have more time in the classroom because they will no longer need to be bused about 3 miles away to where automotive, small-engine repair and welding classes are held.
The roughly $13.5 million expansion will include bays for automotive repairs, a welding lab, learning spaces and a construction lab. It will also include an on-site health clinic for district staff and their dependents.
The district also will make about $2.5 million in additional renovations to the high school’s culinary class space and the childcare area.
The project will be funded in part by $5 million in federal Covid relief funds.
