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Board and council begin planning for long‑range school infrastructure, including potential new high school

Colonial Heights City Council & School Board (joint meeting) · May 21, 2024
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Summary

Facing aging buildings — a 70‑year‑old middle school and a high school built in 1964 — school and city leaders discussed starting a feasibility study and forming a joint committee to evaluate sites, costs (rough preliminary estimate ~$110 million), funding options and community engagement for a possible new high school.

School board and city council members used the joint meeting’s facilities agenda to begin a long‑range conversation about school infrastructure needs, highlighting the age and condition of several buildings and discussing options for a new high school.

Officials noted the middle school is about 70 years old and the high school dates to 1964; the tech center was built in 1981. A rough order‑of‑magnitude estimate presented during…

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