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News Archive: January - June, 2007

• 6/2/2007
  Phase Four - Restrooms:  The walls have come down to allow for expansion and renovation of the student restrooms on the first floor. There are demolition snapshots of the old men's restroom and the women's restroom. Broadband visitors can also enjoy rotating views of the demolition of the men's room and women's room.
  
  Link:  There are snapshots of the first floor of the connecting bridge, new window frames in the link's east side and west side, and a view south down the link's interior. Broadband visitors can enjoy a rotating view of the stadium/annex link.
  
  HVAC:  There is a snapshot of the ductwork to be installed in the main building and annex.
• 5/26/2007
  Phase Four - Summer Work:  During the summer 2007 break, Gorman Construction will be finishing the remodeling of the original auditorium into a library/media center, the construction of the link between the stadium, annex, field houses, and Fine Arts Center, and the expansion of the student restrooms on the first floor of the main building. Hopefully the link and restrooms will be operational when school starts in August. The library might not be finished until late summer/fall.
  
  The stadium and the classrooms in the main building and annex will be empty this summer so that Shiloh Enterprises can rip out the ceilings and the forty-to-sixty year old two-pipe pneumatic/electromechanical climate control systems. New ductwork linking to a four-pipe direct digital control system will be installed, tied into the new central plant near the Fine Arts Center. That should greatly improve temperature control throughout the year and reduce energy usage. The central portion of the main building (offices on first floor, old library & business lab & MR classroom on second floor) will not be retrofitted until later. Hopefully the many classrooms will be operational when school resumes in August, or we will have a rough start!
• 5/22/2007
  Phase Four - Link:  Masonry is being installed on the first floor of the connecting bridge between the annex and stadium. There are snapshots from the north side and the south side. There is also a snapshot of the connecting link from there to the field houses and Fine Arts Center. Bradband visitors can see a rotating view of the annex-stadium link.


Stadium HVAC:  The old climate control systems have been removed from the stadium, and new ductwork is being installed. There are snapshots from the middle floor and the bottom floor.
• 5/15/2007
  Phase Four - Library:  The library has more new light fixtures and framing in the large balcony windows. There is cabinetry in the library workroom. The alumni room is painted and has a ceiling. The balcony corridor has framing and a great view, as does the conference room. Broadband visitors can enjoy new rotating views of the library, library annex, and conference room.
• 5/8/2007
  Bonds Pass:  Thank you, Bartlesville for passing the new bond issues!
• 4/20/2007
  Phase Four - Link:  A new annex corridor has been constructed that will connect the bottom floor of that building to the connecting link to the other buildings. This short corridor uses glazed blocks to echo the terra cotta structural tiles in the corridors of the original building and annex. Broadband visitors can enjoy this rotating view.
• 3/29/2007
  Phase Four - Library:  Art deco light fixtures have been installed above the old stage to light the technology area. Drywall is up in the old balcony, subdividing it into a new conference room and a corridor. Drywall has also dressed up the view from below. Broadband visitors can enjoy rotating PixAround views of the conference room and the library.
  
  Link:  There are new snapshots of the linking bridge between the annex and the stadium and the corridor linking them to the old field house, new field house, and fine arts center. There is an overall snapshot plus close-ups of the stadium side and the annex side & corridor.
• 2/22/2007
  Phase Four - Library:  The balcony floor has been levelled for a new conference room, storage rooms, and corridor connecting the main building to the annex. There are snapshots of the future conference room, the library, and its annex. Broadband visitors can enjoy rotating PixAround views of the future conference room, the annex, and the library.
  
  Link:  The inner walls are up on the connecting link, which will later be covered in the same EIFS used on the other new buildings.
• 2/21/2007
  Next Bond:  On February 19, 2007 the Board of Education approved a $29.95 million bond proposal to be sent to voters on May 8. A continuation of the 2001 Building on Excellence project, the bond includes funding for:
  • Finish HVAC work in the 1939 main building at BHS and make some additional improvements
  • Expansion and renovation of the Ranch Heights, Wayside, and Wilson elementary schools, which have new neighborhoods under development in their areas
  • Expansion of the Mid-High, which is still using portable classrooms
  • Textbooks, library materials, science equipment, and other curricular materials
  • New band instruments and performing arts uniforms
  • Indoor athletics practice building, a varsity softball field, and Custer Stadium improvements
  • Replacement of aging student, faculty and staff computers and installation of some classroom LCD projectors
  • District-wide maintenance and transportation needs
• 1/26/2007
  Phase Four - Library:  Drywall is up throughout the future library. There are snapshots of the library, its foyer & annex openings, the alumni room, and the offices. Broadband visitors can enjoy a rotating PixAround view.
  
  Connecting Link:  Steel framing is going up, defining the outlines of the future connecting link.

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