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News Archive: January - June, 2004

• 6/29/2004:
  Architectural Photos: Various photographs of campus architectural elements have been posted, highlighting some of the Streamline/Moderne and PWA Art Deco stylings of the buildings.
• 6/24/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: The auditorium construction slideshow has been updated. Furnishings have arrived, and broadband visitors can enjoy updates to all of the interior PixArounds. This includes the lower lobby, the upper lobby, the choir room, the band room, the orchestra room, the visual arts room, the stagecraft area, the drama room, the computer lab, the lower and upper levels of the connecting spine, the view from the stage, and the view from the balcony.
• 6/3/04:
  Phase Three - Library: The board of education has endorsed a shift in the position of the new library to reduce the impact on the existing 1939 main building and 1958 annex. The concept, proposed by the author of this website and endorsed by the district administration, shifts the library so that it is directly south of the stadium along the connecting link. The phase three map now shows the approximate location. This design change will likely delay bidding on that portion of the project for a month or two, but the intent is to still put the new field house out to bid in early Fall.
• 5/14/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: Zero punch lists are being prepared for the Fine Arts Center, with several significant items to be resolved before substantial completion is declared. There are new snapshots from the lobby and the auditorium. The auditorium construction slideshow has been updated. Broadband visitors can view updated PixArounds from the stage and of the computer lab, the drama room, and the visual arts room.
  
  Phase Three: Design work continues on the new Field House, Library, and Connecting Link. Significant changes from the preliminary designs are likely due to monetary constraints and the need to minimize renovations in the older buildings until a later phase of the project.
• 5/7/2004:
  Other Improvements: The Board of Education has awarded a $266,000 contract to Merritt Tennis & Track Systems of Oklahoma City to renovate the Chuck Doornbos Track around Custer Field. The blue track surface is visible in this photo from August 2002 and in this aerial shot from March 2002. $233,000 of the funding came from interest from the 2000 district bond issue, which preceded the Building on Excellence bond in 2001. The remaining $33,000 came from the daughter & granddaughters of Chuck Doornbos, whose daughter & son had donated $150,000 in 1987 for the replacement of the school's original cinder track. Chuck Doornbos was a track star in high school and at the University of Kansas.
• 4/22/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: To commemorate the 100th week of construction, almost all of the PixArounds were updated:
  • lower lobby
  • upper lobby
  • choir room
  • band room
  • orchestra room
  • visual arts room
  • stagecraft area
  • drama room
  • lower level of the connecting spine
  • auditorium as seen from the balcony
• 4/2/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: There are new snapshots of the auditorium seating and the lobby area. There is now an auditorium construction slideshow. Broadband visitors can view updated PixAround views from the stage and the balcony. There are also fresh PixArounds of the upper lobby, the drama room, the computer lab, and the upper level of the connecting spine.
• 3/12/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: There is a new snapshot of the upper lobby. Broadband visitors can view updated PixAround views of the upper lobby, the lower lobby, the choir room, the band room, and of auditorium as seen from the balcony.
• 03/05/2004:
  Phase One - First Flood: For the first time since phase one was begun, the Caney River inundated the east parking lot, practice fields, and Haley Lab in one its regular "five-year" floods. There is a snapshot of the parking area with light poles, a trash can, and the trees in the Haley Lab sticking up out of the water. Another snapshot looks north down Shawnee. Students were offered parking downtown in the ConocoPhillips lots, with a bus to transport them to and from BHS before and after school.
• 2/26/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: There is a new snapshot of the seats in the auditorium. Broadband visitors can view updated PixAround views of the stage, the band room, the orchestra room. After a year-long hiatus, the PixAround of the computer flex lab has finally been updated.
• 2/7/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: Broadband visitors can enjoy updated PixAround views of the balcony, the stage, the choir room, the band room, the orchestra room, the art room, the drama room, the upper lobby, the lower lobby, and the lower spine and upper spine.
• 1/25/2004:
  Phase Two - Science: A page with photos from the ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremonies at the recent Open House has been added to the Science Wing photo collection.
• 1/24/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: There are fresh snapshots of the auditorium, the balcony, the choir room, the band room, the orchestra room, and the visual arts room.
• 1/11/2004:
  Phase Two - Fine Arts: Although finishing the interior has been delayed for several months, the exterior of the Fine Arts Center is almost complete. Broadband visitors can view updated PixAround views from the northwest corner and from the pressbox.
  
  Phase Two - Science: A final view has been added to the alleyway slideshow and to the alleyway PixAround viewpoint.
• 1/7/2004:
  Phase Two - Science: Happily, work over Winter Vacation has greatly reduced the noise generated by the exhaust system in the chemistry labs and it is now in operation. With most of the remaining work on the wing now completed, a public Open House for the Science Wing has been scheduled for Sunday, January 25, from 2 to 4 pm.

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