Barwise Middle School in Wichita Falls is finally getting a new weight room after months of debate and a promise parents say was made years ago.

At Monday night’s WFISD board meeting trustees approved spending $40,000 more for the weight room than they had hoped.

At the meeting, they went over those new bids they received and decided to go with the lowest out of the three, for a total cost of $169,750.

Superintendent Michael Kuhrt said construction will start as soon as possible.

More information on the new weight room for Barwise can be found here.