The Albertville Board of Education approved last Wednesday morning the addition of a new parking lot at the Albertville High School Campus.
Wiregrass Construction submitted the low bid of $590,228.41 for the project, which Superintendent Boyd English said may begin sometime in August. The lot will be located on the grassy area adjoining the current parking lot to the left of the main entrance to the high school.
“We’re going to expand our parking, and that’s kind of our first phase of our capital planning for the high school to enhance some of our buildings as we continue to grow as a 7A school system,” English said.
He said the new lot will add 60 spots to the school’s current parking capacity. However, the planned Kinesiology Exercise Science Center will take up some spaces directly adjacent to the Fine Arts Centers, so the parking area may end up with around