Facilities Improvement Project

Facilities Improvement Project

District 120 ASPIRES to provide an engaging learning environment, attract and retain exceptional teachers and staff, and deliver a quality education to every one of our students. Unfortunately, the outdated layout and condition of our aging high school makes these goals a challenge to achieve.

To bring our high school up to modern standards and create a safer and healthier learning environment—positioning MHS for a strong future—District 120 seeks to address the school’s most pressing facility and site needs.

In summary, here is what  the improvement plan will provide:

• Repairing or replacing outdated, inefficient mechanical, electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems.
• Updating fire safety systems.
• Creating a properly sized space within the high school for Career & Technical Education (CTE) programming.
• Updating the health and wellness spaces and bringing them together into a centralized area to create continuity, free up classroom space and make access easier for students.
• Upgrading the kitchen and cafeteria servery to alleviate space, health and safety issues.
• Expanding hallways to address safety and overcrowding issues.
• Creating additional classrooms on the building’s west side.
• Creating a flexible-use multi-purpose center (fieldhouse) to support multiple physical education classes and provide space for expanded educational programming, athletics, assemblies, competitions, community events, performances, practices and more.
• Building a new competition gymnasium to address the current limitations of the old gym and make room for a new media center / library.
• Expanding music classrooms and storage space to accommodate the number of students enrolled in those programs.
• Addressing infrastructure needs at the District-owned Village Green property to relocate tennis courts and certain athletic fields.
• Adding a ring road around the campus to improve traffic flow, decrease traffic congestions, increase safety and security and provide additional parking.
• Provide new space for the Transition Center program.