Work could begin next fall on a middle school project in Alamogordo that will see the construction of several facility buildings, rather than the typical single school structure.
Officials with the Alamogordo Public Schools system say the structures, to be built on a 24-acre campus at the Hang Glider Park, will see the construction of classroom space designed to house around two dozen students.
The Hang Glider Park is located in the 3000 block of N. Florida Avenue.
The project will also see the addition of smaller “break out” rooms to be used for one-on-one learning.
The new buildings will take the place of the more than 60 year-old Chaparral Middle School, located at 1401 College Avenue, and will also include a stadium with sports field and running tracks.
As designed by the firms of Lake Flato Architects of San Antonio and the Albuquerque-based Studio Southwest, the classrooms will put an emphasis on natural lighting.
The project is being partially funded through a $17 million general obligation bond approved by voters in Otero County in the fall of 2019.
The site for the new school came about as the result of a land swap approved last year by the Alamogordo City Commission seeing the city give to the school district the Hang Glider Park, in return for the 20-acre site of the existing Chaparral Middle School.
If all goes well, it is expected that the new school complex will be open in time for the fall 2024 semester.
By Garry Boulard
