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Byline: Joe Zedalis
Aug. 19--JACKSON -- It rises from the floor of what used to be a gravel pit, a 288,500-square-foot megastructure of sand-colored brick, white-painted block, walls and ceilings of glass.
Stained oak doors, terrazzo floors, recessed lighting, a patio and corridors as wide as 40 feet await the 800 students who will attend the $70 million Jackson Liberty High School starting next month.
The school, located on Hope-Chapel Road near the Lakewood boundary, will welcome ninth- and 10th-graders in its first year. The school is expected to enroll about 1,700 students two years from now, when grades nine through 12 attend.
"It is something the entire community should be proud of," Jackson Superintendent…