Hundreds more high school students are going to be able to kick off careers in health care.A school expansion in Butler County is giving them new opportunities.Students who are already taking classes at Butler Tech's Bioscience Center said Tuesday the expansion is welcome and necessary."We needed more space, basically," junior Kirsten McMillen said. "There's a lot of kids here and each year we're accepting more students, so we kind of needed more space. We needed bigger classrooms as well."The Bioscience Center opened five years ago and is already out of room.On Tuesday, the school revealed a new second-floor addition with more than 4,600 square feet of learning space."We had students sitting on the floors, crammed together in classes. We had tables under the stairwells. We were packed," Principal Dr. Abbie Cook said.Dr. Cook said the medical field is booming and the demand continues to grow, especially in Southwest Ohio, where careers are always in demand.Enrollment at the school is skyrocketing."We've been here for five years and we have grown 1/3 of our population in that time," Dr. Cook said. "We were crammed for space and our teachers and students and myself are thrilled to have space we've grown into available for our students. We were really packed."Cook said the school is ready to continue to grow."We actually have room to put a third floor on and it's prepared for that, so keep an eye out because that will be happening hopefully soon," Cook said.Cook said BSC is a blended-learning campus that helps students transition into the real world, while getting them ready to take on a new career in the medical field.

Hundreds more high school students are going to be able to kick off careers in health care.

A school expansion in Butler County is giving them new opportunities.

Students who are already taking classes at Butler Tech's Bioscience Center said Tuesday the expansion is welcome and necessary.

"We needed more space, basically," junior Kirsten McMillen said. "There's a lot of kids here and each year we're accepting more students, so we kind of needed more space. We needed bigger classrooms as well."

The Bioscience Center opened five years ago and is already out of room.

On Tuesday, the school revealed a new second-floor addition with more than 4,600 square feet of learning space.

"We had students sitting on the floors, crammed together in classes. We had tables under the stairwells. We were packed," Principal Dr. Abbie Cook said.

Dr. Cook said the medical field is booming and the demand continues to grow, especially in Southwest Ohio, where careers are always in demand.

Enrollment at the school is skyrocketing.

"We've been here for five years and we have grown 1/3 of our population in that time," Dr. Cook said. "We were crammed for space and our teachers and students and myself are thrilled to have space we've grown into available for our students. We were really packed."

Cook said the school is ready to continue to grow.

"We actually have room to put a third floor on and it's prepared for that, so keep an eye out because that will be happening hopefully soon," Cook said.

Cook said BSC is a blended-learning campus that helps students transition into the real world, while getting them ready to take on a new career in the medical field.

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