Oxford High School Construction Nears Completion

By: Steve Rogers

OXFORD, Miss. – (WCBI) Despite a last minute rush, Oxford High students should have a new home in January.

Contractors and architects are racing to put the finishing touches on a new $30 million high school during the next three weeks. Furniture is scheduled to start arriving December 16th with teachers and administrators moving from the current 50-year-old school to the new facility during the Christmas break. The new school’s gym still will be under construction when classes resume January 7th.

The new school is the first of several phases to relieve over crowding in the growing school district. Once the new high school opens, bids will be taken to renovate the old high school into a middle school.