Akron Public Schools has released the building and classroom layout plans for the new North Community Learning Center that will partially replace the existing North High School.
The plans, designed by architects from Hasenstab Architects and Moody Nolan, give a general idea of how the buildings, athletic field and parking area will be situated, as well as how the classrooms and offices will fit inside the buildings. The school is being built to serve 1,100 students in grades 9-12 and 150 employees.
It will partially replace the high school at 985 Gorge Blvd., which is the district’s only neighborhood high school that wasn’t replaced during the 15-year effort by the school district and city that resulted in more than 30 new community learning centers. District leaders have said renovating and using a portion of the existing high school will help keep the district within its $85 million budget for the project…