A Virginia mountaintop was scarred by coal mining; it now holds a 200,000-square-foot high school bringing students from four schools onto one campus

• A flat plateau once damaged by mountaintop removal coal mining has been given a new purpose as the site of a consolidated high school designed to become an educational centre for central Appalachia.
• The newly built, 200,000-square-foot Southern Gap High School was officially opened during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Buchanan County, Virginia, according to a report by the Virginia Mountaineer.
• The £60 million facility replaces four older local schools, bringing students from across the county together on one central campus built on a reclaimed ridge.