Medford High School is receiving a $2.5 million facelift over the next year that will include a new floor and bleachers for the gym, repairs to the Caron theater ceiling, new lockers, science lab upgrades, new tables and chairs for the cafeterias, and security cameras.

Plans are also in the works for a $500,000 renovation to the Community Schools entrance to make it fully handicapped-accessible with a new elevator. Construction will likely begin next summer on that project.

Work on the Caron theater ceiling is complete. Work on the gym, which began this summer, won’t be finished until late fall so physical education classes will take place in alternate locations.

Operations Director and project manager Jack Buckley recently updated the School Committee on the status of all of the improvements. Here’s a look at some of the major work being done and when it will be completed:

September/October 2007
Security cameras installed
New exterior lighting
Vocational-Technical School upgrades, including a new printer press
A rehabbed gym with new bleachers, flooring, and dividers

November/December 2007
Caron Theater control booth
Cafeteria tables and chairs
Cafe Electra upgrades

Summer 2008
Bathroom upgrades
Cafeteria freezer
Lockers
Science Labs