A design firm has submitted plans to the city of Wilmington for a new gymnasium and other changes at Hoggard High School, planned as part of the projects included in the $160 million school bond approved by voters in 2014.
Construction of the additions and renovations at Hoggard, including the new 1,600-seat main gym, is expected to cost at least $14 million, according to a New Hanover County Schools call for design bids.
CHL Design of Cary and Wilmington-based Bowman Murray Hemingway Architects worked on the Hoggard plans, uploaded this week to the city’s online project tracking system. An expansion of the school’s existing cafeteria at 4305 Shipyard Blvd., which will extend that facility’s footprint by more than 3,800 square feet, is also included in the plans.
“The cafeteria/kitchen expansion is required to meet the needs of the current student population,” the call-for-bids said.
Hoggard's existing gym will be used as the school's auxiliary gym. Construction on the new gym and cafeteria expansion could begin within the year, New Hanover County Schools documents say.
The Hoggard plan is scheduled for a first review at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 28 by the city's Technical Review Committee, according to a TRC agenda emailed Friday. TRC meetings take place in the fourth-floor technology conference room at 305 Chestnut St.
In November, school and other local officials broke ground on Porters Neck Elementary School at 416 Edgewater Club Road, another bond project funded by the 2014 vote. LS3P Associates designed the building.
The new school, which carries a total estimated cost of $17 million, was scheduled to be complete in early 2017 as of a November news release from the school district.
Porters Neck Elementary and the addition and expansion project at Hoggard are two of 14 school projects on the list to be funded as a result of the 2014 bond referendum.
