Education officials in Longview, Texas, unanimously approved a multimillion dollar bid to build a meat processing lab on property just north of Longview High School.
The $2.23 million dollar facility will give students the opportunity to learn how to cut and age meat, as well as help prepare them for careers as foodservice managers and butchers. School officials also believe the meat processing lab will offer the chance for students who enter college to utilize their experiences with large processing companies.
The Longview ISD board of trustees decided to spend an extra $182,000 above the lowest bid in order to give the project to local contractor RLM General Contractors.