Meetings Planned To View New High School

The first meeting takes place 8:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at Collierville Town Hall, 500 Poplar View Parkway and is organized by the Collierville Chamber of Commerce.

Architects will present ideas for the building's appearance and the usage of space within it and will also seek input from those in attendance, said school board member Kevin Vaughan.

Anyone who misses the first meeting will have a second chance to hear plans and give suggestions at the Jan. 26 regular school board meeting, which starts at 6 p.m., also at Town Hall.

The dates of the presentations were announced Tuesday at a school board meeting. Also at the meeting, the board voted unanimously to ask the Collierville town government to annex the site for the new school, which stands at Shelby Drive and Sycamore Road.

The school project is one of the largest public building efforts in the history of the fast-growing town. The proposed new school will be big enough to accommodate 3,000 students.

The government voted in July to borrow as much as $95 million in bonds to cover the cost of construction as well as related costs such as site planning, landscaping and infrastructure. 
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