New middle schools now under construction in Huntsville

Huntsville City Schools broke ground this week on a shared campus that will be home to a new Chapman Middle School, the district’s re-imagined STEM Magnet Middle School (currently the Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle School) and Artemis Virtual Academy.

The new campus will be built at the existing Chapman site located on Reuben Drive at an estimated cost of $70 million.

New schools opening in Huntsville

The new shared campus represents another significant step in Huntsville City Schools’ ongoing efforts to modernize facilities and enhance learning.

Here are some more details:

• The new schools are expected to open in January 2028.
• The project will span 29 acres with a combined campus size of nearly 162,000 square feet.
• Key features include:
  • Specialized classrooms
  • A full size gymnasium and athletic spaces
  • Interactive teaching walls
  • An e-gaming lab and arena for e-gaming with drones and robotics

Chapman Middle and the new STEM Magnet Middle School will continue to serve grades six through eight. Chapman will remain a neighborhood school in the Lee feeder pattern and the new STEM Magnet Middle School will serve students from across the city.

Additionally, Artemis Virtual Academy will continue to serve students in grades K through 12.

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