The image provided by the Quandel Group Inc. shows an aerial view of where various facilities at the new Hillsboro High School and Hillsboro Middle School will be located. The front of the facility will face the south. Hillsboro School Board President Laura Bagshaw said last month that it would have cost more than $500,000 in additional expense to have the facility face U.S. Route 62. Currently, excavation site preparation work is taking place. Actual construction is expected to begin in April of this year. When complete, the school buildings will contain 211,620 square feet and will have a capacity of 1,319 students. The high school and middle school will share a main hallway that will be more than 700 feet long. The new facility is expected to be complete in time for the class of 2010 to attend school there. The facility will give the school district 150-percent more room than it currently has for middle school and high school students, but that also means costs to operate the facility will be 50-percent higher, plus the added expense of air-conditioning.
