Huntsville City Schools to advance capital projects ahead of new school year
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With the 2024-25 school year coming to a close, Huntsville City Schools will continue advancing several projects in its new 10-year capital plan over the summer months.
Here’s what’s up:
Projects for Huntsville City Schools
Huntsville City Schools’ 10-year capital plan aims to positively impact the future of education across Huntsville, outlining a long-term vision for school campuses across the city.
The plan includes a $600 million investment in the system.
The projects moving forward for the 2025-26 school year include:
- Columbia High
- Innovation center
- Front office renovation
- Cafeteria expansion
- JROTC training course
- New turf on baseball and softball fields
- Williams Elementary
- Cafeteria renovations
- Main lobby
- Student restrooms
- Corridors
- Media center
- Gym
- Hampton Cove Middle
- Addition to include 10 classrooms, storm shelter and teacher workroom
- Blossomwood Elementary
- Chapman Elementary (approximately 130 students) to consolidate into Blossomwood Elementary
- Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary
- Addition to include eight classrooms, storm shelter, and restroom
- Jemison High School
- New turf on baseball and softball fields
New Central Office and CTE
The district’s new central office and the Huntsville Center for Technology are perhaps the central figures in the plan. Located at the corner of North Memorial Parkway and Max Luther Drive, the 14-acre site was transferred to the school district by the City of Huntsville.
The new central office will span 40,000 square feet and is expected to welcome employees in early summer 2025. Approximately 150 staff members will work in the building, which is designed to foster collaboration and efficiency.
The facility will include a dedicated board meeting room and modern administrative space to support district operations and leadership.
Adjacent to the Central Office, the 81,000-square-foot Huntsville Center for Technology will become the new hub for the district’s Career Technical Education (CTE) programs.
With capacity for approximately 600 students, the center is set to open in late summer 2025.
New programs launching at the center include automotive technology and industrial technology, (the latter in partnership with Toyota—a program successfully piloted this past year at Jemison High School).
Existing CTE programs that will relocate to the new facility include building science, cosmetology, culinary arts, advanced manufacturing design, advanced health science, greenpower, precision machining (CNC), welding and education and training.
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