Lexington invites residents inside its new middle school, ‘one of the largest’ in Kentucky

Driving up to Mary E. Britton Middle, the thing you’ll likely notice is its sheer size. It had this reporter asking, “Is that a school?”

“I’ve heard that so much,” Fayette County School Board Chair Tyler Murphy said. “You know, it’s one of the largest middle schools in Kentucky. It speaks to the growing community we have here in Fayette County.”

Murphy said the modern structure—with natural light spilling in from towering windows and unique, circular overhead fixtures— comes with expansive collaborative areas, agriculture and health labs, and specialized rooms for visual arts and band and orchestra…

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