Students are growing against the trend! Groundbreaking for the second phase teaching building of Toufen Junior High School with total funding of 390 million yuan

Students are growing in reverse, and the second phase of the teaching building of Toufen Junior High School has begun construction with a total investment of 390 million yuan. (Photo by reporter Cai Zhengmin)

Miaoli County Toufen Junior High School is close to Zhunan Science Park and Shangshun Business District. The population of the school district has grown year by year and the school building space is seriously tight. The Miaoli County Government has handled the "Miaoli County Toufen Junior High School New Teaching Building Project (Phase 2)" and held a groundbreaking ceremony today. The total project budget is NT$393,166,800 and is expected to be completed in early 2029.

The county government pointed out that in response to the campus development and teaching space needs of Toufen Junior High School, the second phase of the new construction project was carried out. The new building is planned to have one floor underground and five floors above ground, with 30 classrooms and a flag-raising assembly platform. The total floor area is 5096.48 square meters. The planning content integrates the existing school building configuration and circulation, connects the old and new school building spaces, and improves the efficiency of campus space use.

The Miaoli County Government stated that during the construction period, it will supervise the team to implement management and construction site safety to ensure that the project is completed on schedule. In the future, it will also invest resources according to the needs of each school to improve the teaching facilities and campus environment of each school.

Toufen Junior High School currently has 44 classes and about 1,300 students. The school pointed out that 11 classes are expected to graduate next year, but more than 600 new students (approximately 15 to 16 classes) will be welcomed, and the number of classes continues to rise. In the past, the school even referred new students from classes 8 to 9 to neighboring schools due to lack of space in the school building. Although the first phase of the "Bo Xue Building" has been opened, due to the large number of classes, five specialist classrooms have been forced to be converted into general classrooms, resulting in the inability of music, home economics and other courses to be held in specialist classrooms.