The swimming pool at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus facing Braddock Road (via ACPS)
Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus facing Braddock Road (via ACPS)
The second floor of Alexandria City High School’s new Minnie Howard campus (via ACPS)
Common area on the second floor of Alexandria City High School’s new Minnie Howard campus (via ACPS)
A stairwell on the fourth floor of Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
An “extended learning area” at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
A science classroom at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
A standard classroom at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
A hallway at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
Elevators at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
All-gender restroom at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
Gendered restroom at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
The new gym at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
The new auxiliary gym at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
The swimming pool at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
A locker room at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
The early childhood common room at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
The early childhood classroom at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (via ACPS)
The final touches are being made to Alexandria City High School’s expansion of its Minnie Howard Campus.
The five-story, $174 million high school project is on-budget and on-track for “substantial completion this spring,” according to an Alexandria City Public School staff report that will be presented to the School Board on Thursday.
“Construction of the new Minnie Howard building has been ongoing since the spring of 2022 and is on track to be substantially completed this spring for occupancy in August 2024,” staff wrote.
The 1,600-student school, which nearly doubled in its capacity, will feature an aquatics facility and expanded career and technical education (CTE) lab spaces for “potential new offerings in game design/development, robotics, emergency medical sciences, cyber security, (and) firefighting,” according to ACPS.
Staff also reported that construction the gymnasium and auxiliary gym are complete, that furniture is being moved in and that interior finishing touches are being made.
Next steps for the project include inspection by the Health Department and getting a final occupancy permit.
Construction update on Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus, March 2024 (via ACPS)
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