High school in West Des Moines, Iowa, is adding 39,000 square feet for career and technical education

Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, is expanding with a 39,000-square-foot addition. 

The addition is the first significant addition to the campus since it was built in the 1990s, reports The Des Moines Register. 

The $22 million project will add career and technical education classrooms along with classrooms for culinary arts, robotics and welding. 

The work also will update are the school's kitchen, create a secure vestibule for entry into the building and transition the media center into a presentation hall.

The addition is expected to be completed by August 2023. 

Shive-Hattery, Inc. Architecture & Engineering is the architect.