The Frederick County (Virginia) district has broken ground in Winchester on its fourth high school.
The We thinchester Star reports that the new high school, which has yet to be named, will have a 1,600-student capacity and 239,923 square feet of space.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors appropriated funds in 2012 for the project, and in 2013, the district bought 83 acres for $2 million. But in 2017, the supervisors declined to allocate funds for the fourth high school, balking at the $91.4 million price tag.
Finally, in October 2024, the supervisors appropriated $151.6 million for the high school.
The campus will have a 3,000-seat stadium with a synthetic turf field and an eight-lane track, as well as baseball and softball fields, eight tennis courts and three multi-use fields.
The parking area will accommodate 750 cars, 30 buses and seven special needs buses, and the gym will have 2,000 seats, an 84-foot-by-50-foot main court and 84-foot-by-40-foot side courts.
The school's partitioned auditorium will have 800 seats and retractable seating at the back.
Academic programming will be similar to that of FCPS's other high schools with an emphasis on career and technical education
The architect is VLK Architects, and the builder is Dustin Construction.
