SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Renovation of Scottsbluff High School in western Nebraska has begun.

Members of the architecture firm and school facilities team reported the project’s progress to the public school board on Monday.

Construction will take place over the next 2 1/2 years. There will be a gradual progress of renovation that will allow for more flexibility for the contractors and accommodate school operations.

Randy Scott, director of the district’s facilities and maintenance, says 80 percent of the school will be new or heavily remodeled when the project is complete. Some of the additions include a new media center, commons area, career center and classrooms that will be based on the needs of the different areas of Career Academy courses.