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Form and function are becoming more defined at Liberty North High School, which is under construction at Church Road and Northeast 104th Street.

The school is scheduled to open August 2010 with 500 sophomores and juniors. Enrollment is expected to increase to 750 at the start of the 2011 school year.

“Seeing the construction going up is just a wonderful thing,” Bren Abbott, president of the Liberty Board of Education, said. “It’s something for the community to be very proud of.”

Abbott and Superintendent Mike Brewer toured the 84-acre site Friday, Nov. 6.

Brewer said the main entrance to the school is on the east side of the school, by a circular drive off Northeast 104th Street.

“The administrative offices will be on the right side of the entrance,” Brewer said. “The security office will be on the left side.”

The entrance also marks the start of the main corridor that runs the length of the building.

A walk down that corridor and past a staircase leading to the second floor, finds fine arts space on the right side.

“We’re going to leave the space at the end of the hallway as shell space until our bonding capacity is at the point where we have funds to complete it,” Brewer said.

The auditorium, which is next to the fine arts space, will also remain as shell space until there are funds to complete the project.

“We won’t even pour the floor until then,” Brewer said.

The space, however, is enclosed, protecting the infrastructure from the elements.

Adjacent to the auditorium is the kitchen and cafeteria, which will be open, with defined space, Brewer said.

At the end of the corridor will be the industrial technology area, which is being kept separate from the main academic area.

Across the corridor from the cafeteria is the gymnasium, which at this point in the project is completely enclosed.

“It will seat 500 and it will become the auxiliary gymnasium after we build a field house in the next phase of the project,” Brewer said.

To the east of the gymnasium in the main corridor is the core two-story academic area at the school with banks of classrooms.

The media center is located on the first floor of that area.

“There are academic wings on the right and the left of it, providing easy access,” Brewer said.

Touring those wings finds many of the classrooms in the later stages of construction.

“When you get your drywall done, you know you’re almost there,” Brewer said.

Walking down the hallways of the academic wings leads to the south corridor in the school, which is distinctly marked by a two-story wall of windows, using a large amount of natural lighting.

Abbott pointed out the areas on either side of the corridor are where additional classrooms will one day be constructed, enabling the building to reach its full capacity.

Senior writer Mark Johnson can be reached at 781-4941 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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