The new Lexington High School building project will expand the current playing fields along Worthern Road to address overcrowding and declining infrastructure. Construction will begin in late 2026 and will be completed for the 2029-2030 school year.
Practice will temporarily look different for the football team, as some of the existing fields will be used as construction sites. The football program will have to remain flexible, as practice times, locations, and shared spaces with other sports will need to be reorganized before the new facilities are built.
The town plans to keep major recreation centers, such as the Center recreation turf and track, pool, and courts open. Any recreational land used will be replaced with new fields on and around the old high school site, creating upgraded or reconfigured football facilities once the project is completed.
While the new school building’s construction may create inconveniences for the football team, students hope that the project’s completion will address current issues surrounding the team’s facilities. The current recovery room has a capacity of three to five students, meaning many students have to wait in long lines to receive proper attention and treatment before games and practices. The hallway leading to the recovery room is often a site of a lot of foot traffic as well, serving as the main passageway to the fieldhouse and a primary access point to the buses. Adding in all the supplies and equipment players need to have handy, the entire hallway becomes jammed. On another note, the weight room also suffers from a lack of proper equipment and supplies, and its small capacity makes it difficult to accommodate team-wide lifting sessions.
During the early stages of the new school building’s construction, many new variables could affect the familiar routine of practice for the football team. The construction itself will likely influence how and when certain areas are usable.
In the later stages of the project, football practice arrangements will likely need to adapt again. The plan is to replace the recreation land used for construction with new athletic fields, which will be built where today’s classrooms stand, allowing for a more permanent layout. This will cause short‑term disruption during construction, but also long‑term gains such as newer fields and updated indoor spaces.
In this way, the new school places the football team in a period of transitions, balancing short-term adjustments with the possibility of new, better-designed practices.
