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Gainesville Ninth Grade Center will give school face-lift
School for first-year GHS students moving into Wood's Mill Academy building
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O’Cean Holland, a freshman, and Chelsea Jones, a sophomore, sit outside after a day of school at Wood’s Mill Academy on Tuesday. The Gainesville school board approved $97,150.63 in SPLOST IV funds for renovations to turn Wood’s Mill Academy into what will be the Gainesville High School Ninth Grade Center. Wood’s Mill Academy will move to some modular units to make room for the center. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Gainesville High School will open its ninth grade center to students in the fall, and the older campus it’s moving to will get a new look with it. Adrian Niles, school maintenance and operations director, said the center is meant to alleviate growing needs for space at the high school. “The state (Department of Education) continues to show that we have need for additional classroom spaces at the high school,” Niles said.