New Austintown middle school open for tours

AUSTINTOWN — It’s a little imposing, but in a cool kind of way. Maybe a little scary, too, but a fun kind of scary to think about.

Donyce Johnson, who will be going into seventh-grade in the fall, is “a little nervous” about coming to the new Austintown Middle School on Raccoon Road. But she and friend Specel Patterson, also an up-and-coming seventh-grader, gave their thumbs-up during the public’s first peek inside the school, which will open this fall.

After two years in the making, the school had an eager audience for its debut. A steady stream of families made their way through the halls Monday evening on tours guided by the middle school’s PTA volunteers and the building’s three principals.

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