{"id":49839,"date":"2021-07-28T21:51:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T01:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49839"},"modified":"2021-07-28T23:58:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T03:58:04","slug":"grand-opening-of-the-new-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/07\/grand-opening-of-the-new-middle-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand opening of the new middle school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The project cost nearly $54 million, and the building will hold nearly 1,300 students this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"2\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"314\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49840\" data-id=\"49840\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l1.png 587w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l1-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"323\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49841\" data-id=\"49841\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l2-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l2-1.png 591w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l2-1-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"277\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49842\" data-id=\"49842\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l3.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l3.png 598w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l3-300x139.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"228\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49843\" data-id=\"49843\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l4.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l4.png 590w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/l4-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a refresh and the ability to come into a building they know is representing who they are as people and as students,\u201d said LAMS Principal Brian Gibson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three-story building separates each floor by grade level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additions include wider hallways and bigger classrooms to fit its growing numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe old LAMS was very, very old. Very small,\u201d said Gibson. \u201cIt was designed for 800 kids, but we had 1,500 kids in the building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smartboards have been installed in the majority of classrooms. Gibson said this is where many students will learn STEAM subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cWe can step outside of the box of just traditional level of teaching,\u201d said Gibson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New safety features include automatic locking doors with I.D. badge entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District leaders said the added security is essential for any new school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we care enough to give the very best to every student, every employee, and community member that\u2019s what new LAMS represents,\u201d said Gwynetta Gittens, Lee County School Board Member of District Five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>School begins on August 10.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project cost nearly $54 million, and the building will hold nearly 1,300 students this fall. \u201cIt\u2019s a refresh and the ability to come into a building they know is&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49844,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49839\/revisions\/49844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}