Planners detail extensive Renfroe makeover

Planners and architects reviewed the master plan for renovation and new construction on Renfroe Middle School in Decatur at a public meeting Thursday night. The project is scheduled to last four years — starting with underground utilities work in mid-April — and cost $29 million.

The school will go to three stories in its mid-section, eventually featuring a total 134 classrooms (up from its current 51) and grow from 108,000 square feet to 220,000.

Program manager Jeff Prine defined the master plan as “a road map that could, and probably will undergo changes” in the next few years. The plan gets unveiled before the Decatur School Board on Feb. 10.