Photos give glimpse of huge addition
The addition at Arlington High School looks big when you drive by. But wait until you see the inside. It’s huge.
You can’t walk in yet – there are several more months of construction left – but you can see some photos taken earlier this week. Check them out here.
New library at Arlington High
The addition – dubbed the “Cube” by AHS principal Stacie Humbles – is the biggest part of the 2019 Bond-funded construction project at the school. It will house new classrooms, a new open-concept library, a new band hall, a new orchestra room, art rooms, gallery space, a black box theater and more. It will also provide accessible passage between the school’s two existing gyms.
While the addition is the most noticeable part of the construction project, there’s a lot more that has been done, including renovations for the existing building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Outside, the athletic field was replaced with new turf and the track was resurfaced, the tennis courts were resurfaced and the softball team got a new competition field.
New cheer and drill room at Arlington High
In the existing building, new flooring and ceilings have been installed in Halls A and B, and they are wrapping up renovations in C Hall right now. The culinary room is also currently getting renovated, and the former wrestling room is getting converted into a cheer and drill room, complete with renovated locker rooms and restrooms. Wrestling moved to an updated building near the field house.
Most of the renovations in the existing building will be done next month in time for students to return to school. Construction on the addition should wrap up by the end of the calendar year, and then the “Cube” is scheduled to open in January 2025.
Learn more about all Bond 2019 projects here.