Remake for West Side High School

     ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST MESA HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDERGOING A MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECT…WITH A PRICE TAG OF JUST UNDER 19-MILLION DOLLARS. JOHANNA KING WITH A-P-S SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY THE PAST FEW YEARS ON SOME OF ITS OLDEST FACILITIES. SHE SAYS THEY RENOVATED DEL NORTE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THEN DID MAJOR WORK AND SANDIA AND HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLS.

     WEST MESA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR JUST ABOUT 50 YEARS. UPGRADES THERE WILL INCLUDE A NEW TWO-STORY BUILDING WITH 52 CLASSROOMS AND A ONE-STORY 15 CLASSROOM ADDITION.