Principal William Campbell said his student's education would continue there for the next two years, and then they move into the new Fair Street School. Demolition of the old building is expected to start in October. In all an estimated 7,000 students went back to school in Gainesville, with 700 of them at the relocated Fair Street School.
"We're rolling, we've got the kids coming in, it's really exciting with the first day of school and it's so far so good," Campbell said as he greeted students in the cafeteria. "We've made enough room for everybody."
The new school year also began for a Gainesville school that is just a year old. At Woods Mill Academy, the former Gainesville Middle School, Principal Linda Youngblood was expecting to have another year of innovative learning for 150 students at her non-traditional high school set up with a multi-purpose, computer based environment.
"We're looking for students, we're going to grow too," Youngblood said. "We have a new English Language Arts teacher who is also the media specialist and a new councilor who can help students get into jobs right away if they're not going to something in secondary education."
Woods Mill has added to its core curriculum with the new teachers including a new Social Studies teacher.
Youngblood said while her school is nontraditional with a blended learning approach it is still a high school where students can earn a diploma.
Gainesville City Schools opened Monday morning for the first day of their new year and one school moved to a new temporary location
http://accesswdun.com/article/2011/8/240931