LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools wants to build a new $56 million facility for middle and high school students in Newburg.

It would be part of the W.E.B. DuBois Academy campus, according to documents filed with the Louisville Metro Planning Commission.

The plan calls for a 178,000-square-foot facility with a three-story academic wing and a gymnasium wing off Poplar Level Road.

The plan calls for a 178,000-square-foot building with a three-story academic wing and a gymnasium wing.

The building will be part of a multibuilding campus, which will include Thomas Jefferson Middle School and the Unseld Early Learning Center.

The school would have the capacity to serve more than 1,000 students in grades six through 12. 

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