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Gainesville schools are bursting at the seams with record enrollment

Gainesville officials looking at crowded conditions at middle, high schools

Gainesville High students gather under the red shed Thursday morning during lunch service. Gainesville school officials and board members will soon be addressing high enrollments at the middle and high schools. - photo by Scott Rogers

10012017 Numbers 1.jpg — Gainesville High students gather under the red shed Thursday morning during lunch service. Gainesville school officials and board members will soon be addressing high enrollments at the middle and high schools. - photo by Scott Rogers

At Gainesville High School, three lunch periods and two cafeterias — one in the main building and one in the Ninth Grade Center — do not provide enough space for all students to eat lunch inside.