On Wednesday, a new middle school will open in Fayette County Public Schools for the first time in 21 years.
The $82 plus million, 185,000 square-foot school on Polo Club Boulevard in eastern Lexington will have 550 students this fall in grades 6-8.
Ultimately, as many as 1,200 students will attend the school, principal Dave Hoskins told the Herald-Leader Monday as he pointed out features ranging from a Baptist Health-sponsored medical sciences lab to an agriscience chicken coop.
Some programming at the school is aimed at starting to get kids ready for the workforce even before they enter high school…