BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Kern High School District will host a community meeting tonight to discuss the new high school opening in the fall of 2022.

The school will be located at the Northeast corner of East Panama Lane and Cottonwood Road in Southeast Bakersfield. It's the first comprehensive high school to be built by the KHSD since Mira Monte and Independence High Schools opened in 2008.

During the meeting the district will introduce the project and listen to public feedback, questions, and concerns.

The meeting will be held at Valle Verde Elementary School, located at 400 Berkshire Road, from 6:30 p.m to 8 p.m.