While many may have doubted whether construction work at Shepard High School will finish in time for the first day of school on Monday, August 19, we can relax. We’re on schedule.
All first phase work will wrap this weekend. This includes the parking lots, including 60 new spaces along Ridgeland Avenue, in front of the main entrance. All buses will pick up and drop off students at the front door.
Anyone who comes to Shepard during the day still must enter at Door 20 along the north drive near the softball field. The security desk will remain there until the construction work on the new main entrance completes toward the end of September.
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The main office will continue to operate in the Multi-Purpose Room. The new main office will open in a few weeks.
The work in front of school also includes a sidewalk that connects the fire station on the south side of the property with the Palos Gardens subdivision on the north side. That’s new.
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First phase work also includes a complete renovation of two art classrooms; a new Teacher Training Lab in the LRC; and, new offices for the deans, assistant principals.
Construction of the new main entrance will conclude toward the end of September. The new corridor running along the outside of the band and choral rooms also will be completed at that time.
Finally, the new science wing will open at the end of March. While some exterior work, including the digging of the foundation, has started, most of the work on this beautiful facility remains.
The new two-story science wing will feature 12 new classrooms and the latest lab equipment and computer technologies. Overall, the new construction will add 33,000-square feet to Shepard.
Thanks for your patience. We know you’re as excited as we are about this project.
