YourBasin.com reports that the school is expected to open in 2026 and will have about 170,000 square feet of space and serve 1,000 students. The district estimates the cost at between $63 million and $75 million.
The district has not built a middle school since Crocker Middle opened in 1982. All of the middle schools are in the city of Odessa, inside Loop 338, but the areas of fastest student growth are in the northeast and west parts of Ector County.
Students in those areas now have to travel miles to the closest middle school, Interim Superintendent Keeley Boyer said.
“This gives an opportunity for a middle school much closer to home and a state-of-the-art middle school much closer to home," Boyer says.
Mike Kennedy has been writing about education forAmerican School & Universitysince 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.
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