Miller Middle School students move into to their newly built school
The newly built Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Both the new building and renovations to the east wing features collaborative classrooms, where students of the same grade and subject matter can work together in larger groups in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Miller Middle School students gather in the common area in the newly constructed middle school on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Cook, Cayla Young, in the cafeteria in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Impact Career Innovation Center in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Different colors are used to signify different areas in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Miller Middle School students walk into the newly constructed middle school on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Miller Middle School students walk down a hallway with lockers at the newly constructed middle school on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
School nurse, Melanie Mooney, RN, in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Both the new building and renovations to the east wing features collaborative classrooms, where students of the same grade and subject matter can work together in larger groups in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Different colors are used to signify different areas in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The newly built Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A drum in the music room in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Miller Middle School students check out the gym in the newly constructed middle school on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Tiffany Maple teaches her English language arts class in the newly built Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Miller Middle School students walk into the newly constructed middle school on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The skybridge connects the newly constructed Miller Middle School building to a building that was constructed in 2004 on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The gymnasium can be dived into two areas in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Samantha Post teaches her music class in the newly built Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The weight room being set up in the newly constructed Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Construction is still underway around the newly built Miller Middle School on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Miller Middle School students walk into the newly constructed middle school on Tuesday for the first day of classes in the newly built school on Junction Street in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The newly constructed Miller Middle School building, right, connects to a building that was constructed in 2004 on Tuesday during the first day of classes at the school. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Vernadette Norman, principal at Miller Middle School, welcomes students on the first day of school in the newly constructed middle school on Junction Street in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Amy Russell, teacher at Miller Middle School, teaches her tech class on the first day of school in the newly constructed middle school on Junction Street in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)