School district officials announced at the March 11 regular meeting of the Henry County Board of Education that McDonough High School and McDonough Middle School are on scheduled to open for the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year as planned.
Administrators, faculty and staff are expected to move into their new facilities in June, and a ribbon cutting is currently scheduled for July 30. The first day of classes will be Aug. 1. The two schools are replacements for the current Henry County High School and Henry County Middle School, and officials said attendance zones will be changed for either of the new schools.
The new high school will have a capacity of just over 1,600 and the middle school will hold just over 1,000. Construction of the schools was part of the E-SPLOST referendum approved by voters in November of 2013.
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