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New Solon Middle School welcomes students
SOLON - Middle school students in Solon arrived for their first day of classes Wednesday to a brand-new facility.
Funding for the new roughly $16 million Solon Middle School came as part of a $25.5 million bond voters passed in 2014 to build a new middle school and make additions to Solon High School.
This year only, fifth-graders are joining the student body at the middle school while construction continues on a new intermediate school in the district. When that school opens, Solon Middle School, 313 S. Iowa St., will house sixth- through eighth-graders.
Students fill the hallway between classes on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Students move through the hallway between classes on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
One of the new features of the new building are small group work areas as seen on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
One of the new features of the new building are small group work areas as seen on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Greg Robertson, science teacher, talks to an 8th grade science class on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Mandy Dunphy, science teacher, hands out Skittles to students for an activity in an 8th grade science class on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Students sit in an 8th grade science class on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Shari Butterfield, Media Center Associate, talks with a 5th grade class in the Media Center on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Shari Butterfield, Media Center Associate, answers questions from a 5th grade class in the Media Center on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
5th grade students gather around a bookshelf in the Media Center on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Students fill the hallway between classes on the first day of school at the new Solon Middle School in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
The new Solon Middle School is seen on the first day of school in Solon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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