Al.com reports that the $53 milllion Hazel Green Middle School will be built on the existing Hazel Green High School campus and will have space for 1,200 seventh- and eighth-grade students.
“We’re busting at the seams in Hazel Green,” board member David Vess said. “It’s what it boils down to. And we’ve got to make some room to accommodate that growth.”
The architect is Nola VanPeursem, and the builder is Fite Building Company.
WHNT-TV reports that the Madison County school board also has approved a $7.5 million, 20,000-square-foot addition to Hazel Green High School, which is already under construction.
Mike Kennedy has been writing about education forAmerican School & Universitysince 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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