The Madison County School System will purchase approximately 272 acres in the Hazel Green/Toney area—near Pulaski Pike and Patterson Lane, south of Grimwood Road and west of Murphy Hill Road. The Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the purchase.
Rapid growth in the area has necessitated expansion for the school system, which currently serves more than 20,500 students across 31 campuses.
What will the MCSS use the land for?
Planning is still in the early stages, but MCSS Board President David Vess shared that the vision is for a potential “all-inclusive educational campus” that would include a new high school, a middle school, elementary school and district office.
The district office component would address a long-term operational need, according to MCSS officials. Relocating district operations (current Central Office is located directly next to the Madison County Career Technical Center) would provide an opportunity to expand the space available to support Career Tech and improve program offerings at the existing site…