Haywood Innovative Middle School on Track to Open This August

Haywood County -- July 1, 2026: Haywood County's newest public school remains on schedule to welcome its first students in August as renovations continue at Haywood Community College.Construction crews are renovating the Poplar Building, which will become the new home of Haywood Early College. The relocation will allow the high school to move from the Dogwood Building, where it has operated for more than two decades, into a larger, modernized facility designed to accommodate future growth.Once