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Texas, Arkansas, Texas-Some students count down in Texarkana, Arkansas until they can enter a brand new middle school.

Arkansas Middle School is located on 30 acres of land off Jefferson Avenue north of Interstate 30.

The manager said that the construction should be completed this week and the furniture should be moved next month.

It is expected that students in the seventh and eighth grades will move in on March 1.

Sixth graders will move in at the beginning of the next school year.

The new campus will provide services to approximately 1,000 students.

The building is divided into four wings, one of which is the art wing, and the other three are the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

In addition to the media center, there is a full gymnasium next to the cafeteria, which includes an amphitheater.

There are also the most advanced computer and scientific laboratories, as well as upgraded security features.

The head of the school, Becky Kesler, said the $26 million project did not increase taxes.

Kessler said: "Most of our furniture decoration comes from our grants, so we didn't even spend a lot of money on this. I can't tell you how excited we are with the arrival of furniture."

Funding for the new school came from a $20 million bond restructuring in 2000, approved by voters in 2017.

The region also received $6 million from the State Department and a grant from a magnet school.

It has been almost 40 years since the school district built new school facilities.

Trice Elementary was the last new school built in 1982.

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