The Building
The current building, located at 13719 Harmony Road in Huntley, IL, was built in 1997, and at the time was the school district’s first new building in about 30 years. The original high school building, located on Mill Street in Huntley, was built in the 1960s and only featured about a dozen classrooms and outdated facilities. In the 1990s, the district’s enrollment skyrocketed with suburban growth, necessitating new facilities. After the new building was built in 1997, the old building served grades 4-5, before finally being converted into a recreational center when it was sold to the Huntley Park District in the early 2000s.
The current building was originally designed as a middle-high school, with a shared cafeteria and library in the center of the building. On the west side of the building was the middle school gymnasium and offices, and on east side of the building was the high school gymnasium and offices. On the north side of the building was a large half-circle featuring about 40 classrooms on two levels, with a courtyard in the middle. The middle school classrooms were on the 2nd level, while the high school classrooms were on the 1st level. The building is very symmetrical and can be described as a box with a horseshoe attached to it.
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