The USD 232 Board of Education has approved a master site plan for the campus of De Soto High School.

The plan includes a configuration of new projects behind the high school as well as additional parking and a new access road from 87th Street.

In a presentation Monday night before the school board, Steve Deghand, director of facilities for the district, said the goal in creating a master site plan was to plan ahead and create a comprehensive layout of all future projects on the campus that would make efficient use of available space. Milburn Civil Engineering of De Soto facilitated the master site planning process.

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