Photos: Check out the new $85 million Buford High School

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Photos: Check out the new $85 million Buford High School

The AJC got an exclusive tour of the impressive new facilities.

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Natalee Bryant, 16, a football manager and rising junior, places helmets in a rack at Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Members of the Buford High School football team help load new weightlifting equipment into the school in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Members of the Buford High School football team help load new weightlifting equipment into the school in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Buford City Schools Superintendent Robert Downs poses for a portrait at the Buford City Schools Central Office in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Photos from a tour of the new Buford High School in Buford, Ga., on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Classes will begin at the, 214,000 square foot school on August 7. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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