29-03-2025
HCS gives update on construction of new career tech center, central office
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Huntsville City Schools is building two state-of-the-art buildings on the same campus near Memorial Parkway.
On Friday, the school system invited News 19 to get an inside look at the construction progress.
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Huntsville City Schools estimates that construction on the new Central Office is about 80% complete. HCS expects administration employees will move into the new Central Office by the end of this school year.
Right next door, HCS is building a new Career Tech Center to house the district's Career Technical Education (CTE) programs. According to HCS, construction is about 60% complete on that building.
The Career Tech Center has specialized labs and classrooms to accommodate various CTE programs.
'It was a lot of fun to be able to design a building like this,' said building architect Frank Nola of Nola | Van Peursem Architects.
According to Huntsville City Schools, the 81,000-square-foot Career Tech building will provide space for about 600 CTE students.
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Huntsville City Schools said there are nine existing CTE programs and two new programs being added in 2025.
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Nola told News 19 that he's excited for Career Tech students to see the new space.
'My hope for the students is that they come in and say 'Oh wow, we love this place',' Nola said. 'Then future students, from a recruitment standpoint, come in and say 'we want to go to this place,''
Huntsville City Schools unveiled plans for the new Central Office and Career Tech building in September of 2022. Nola said he's excited to see it coming together after months of construction.
'As we see the building take shape, it's got a really cool form, I think it says a lot about progress in our city and the redevelopment of north Huntsville,' he said.
Huntsville City Schools said it expects students to be able to start classes at the new Career Tech center this fall.
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