Two contracts for Phase II renovation and construction work at Hattiesburg High School and at elementary schools throughout the Hattiesburg Public School District were approved by the HPSD Board of Trustees during its regular meeting Oct. 8 at the district’s boardroom.
According HPSD Superintendent Robert Williams, the Phase II work at HHS includes renovation of the campus gymnasium to revert it back from use as classrooms to its original purpose, adding additional classrooms, and replacing mechanical heating and cooling infrastructure at the campus’s original two-story structure. The contract for the district’s elementary schools will include replacement of heating, ventilation and air conditioning infrastructure.
In other district news:
• HPSD is still accepting registration for its Pre-K collaborative program. Limited slots are available. For more information, contact Sarah Odom at (601) 582-6672.
• HHS Health Science and Future Health Professionals (formerly known as Health Occupations Students of America – HOSA) welcomes members of the local community to join in its walk for “Future Healthcare Providers” at 8 a.m. Oct. 19 at the Longleaf Trace, USM Gateway entrance. Participants, sponsors and donors are being solicited for this event. For more information, contact Mimi Wilson, HHS health science instructor, at mimi.wilson@hattiesburgpsd.com or call (601) 270-9970.
• The Early Childhood Center, located at 516 Forrest Street across from Hawkins Elementary School, will host “Trunk or Treat” Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. – noon. Children ages 2-5 are welcomed.
• The 2019 HHS homecoming parade will be held Thursday, Oct. 24, with lineup beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Green and Miller Streets, near Hawkins Elementary School. The parade will travel from that point west down Hardy Street and then to the high school campus at Hutchinson Avenue.
The HHS Tigers will face Long Beach High School in a 5A Region 4 football game for homecoming at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at D.I. Patrick Stadium.
