Sections of Butler high to open intermittently
BUTLER TWP — Brian White regularly starts his workdays walking through Butler Area Senior High School to check on the progress of its construction.
When the school semester starts at the building Tuesday, Sept. 6, it will hold a record 2,000 students because, for the first time, ninth grade will be housed in the facilities.
White, superintendent of Butler Area School District, said the entire project should be completed around January, but some pieces integral to the ninth-grade migration, like a large group instruction classroom and an auxiliary gymnasium, will be ready by Sept. 6.
“They are expediting the LGI room for the first day of school,” White said. “There are temporary wall fillings in the cafeteria so it will have three classrooms at the beginning of the year.”
The construction will add about 40,000 square feet to the building, including a 19,000-square-foot wing with a new auditorium; 10 new classrooms, including a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) space; woodshops; 3D printers; and additional technology.
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