Belleville District 201's vocational career center is starting to take shape
Just a few weeks into construction, the former Kings Point property in Belleville is nearly unrecognizable.
Metal frames block out where walls will be built to separate classrooms and student labs. What used to be a large turfed area in a fieldhouse has been reduced to rocks and grit after the underlying asphalt was torn up. Demolition started about three months ago, but now the construction team is working on the “build-back” stage.
Belleville 201 purchased the 100,000 square-foot facility at 7645 Magna Drive in Belleville for $1.25 million in June to establish the Center for Alternative and Vocational Excellence after years of collaboration with local businesses and unions to sort out how to better provide students with career training.
While the site is in the rough, early stages of construction, it’s set to be finished by Aug. 1 so that students can start attending in the fall.
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