NEWBERRY — Hundreds of Oak View K-8 School students arrived red carpet ready to campus on Aug. 10 for the Alachua County School District’s first day of classes.
Oak View Middle School transitioned this fall into a prekindergarten through eighth-grade campus, giving families a traditional public school option after Newberry Elementary School converted to a charter school.
The elementary school portion of the campus was built using modular classrooms that now serve more than 200 students and is separated from the middle school by two large wire fences. District leaders completed the project in less than six months, an accomplishment they said they are proud of…