![]() By Tommie Hope On May of 2015, CPS and the Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) will begin construction on the new middle school and Hubbard Field at 60th & Karlov. A meeting was held on December 18, 2014 at Hubbard High school organized by Molly Sullivan, Deputy Director, Media and Public Information and the speaker was Art Del Muro, Managing Architect with PBC. Del Muro said,” The plans for the site is to build a new middle school on the north side of the field. We moved the middle school as north as possible to do several things. First off, to maximize the remaining portion of the site for the field. In addition to that, we located the school on that location so the entrance can face south.” It was also confirmed by Art Del Muro that Hubbard teams will still have an area to practice and they plan to finish it before they finish the school. As illustrated, they plan to build a high school regulation sized soccer field, baseball field, football field, and softball field. Del Muro also stated that they plan to start construction in May 2015 and finished in November 2015, so the fall sports team will not be able to practice on the field. The school construction will begin right after the field is finished and plan to finish in January of 2017, so kids won’t be in the area anytime soon. Del Muro also dispelled rumors that the new school will be a high school. He stated,” we have designed it as CPS requested it, so it is a middle school designed for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th.” Even though the construction will initially affect fall sports teams, this will actually benefit the school in the long run by providing Hubbard Greyhounds with a new field.
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