The roof leaks and is at end of life. The High School has major structural failures, not usually anticipated in a 30 year old building. These failures, combined with the costs of maintenance and expansion, have resulted in the recommendation to replace the school. When HHS was built, hundreds of students could be put into study halls in the cafeteria or auditorium. Since the ed.
Modern education requires computer labs, special education and bilingual education.
HHS is now crowded at 880 kids. There are few rooms that are ever empty, and many classes have over 30 students. Almost all of the storage closets have been converted to classrooms or offices. Most storage is held in containers outside, on school grounds. The O Donnell fields, which will be lost during construction, will be recreated, along with additional fields.