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   SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

   JUNE 12, 2006

GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY 

South Then...

   Original Facility Dedicated April 1969

Board of Education

James Owens, President

Gladys Six, Vice President

James W. Paddock

Emil Heck Jr.

Rees Jackman

William F. Bradley

Carl Knox, Superintendent

Robert Ramsey, Assistant Superintendent, Instruction

Bernard Voges, Assistant Superintendent, Business and Facilities

Orvel Criqui, South Junior High Principal

Architects:  Shaver and Company, Salina General

Contractor:  Coonrod, Walz Construction Company, Wichita Mechanical

Contractor:  Huxtable and Associates, Lawrence

Structural Engineer:  Bob Campbell, Kansas City, Missouri

40-Acre Site Includes Elementary School and 20-Acre City Park

Area of Building 92,475 Square Feet

Cost of Construction:  $1,443,534.75

Contract Awarded on August 30, 1967

...and Now

Scheduled Opening Date:  August 2007

Board of Education

Leonard Ortiz, President

Sue Morgan, Vice President

Craig Grant

Rich Minder

John Mitchell

Linda Robinson

Cindy Yulich

Other Board Members Serving During Bond Issue

Leni Salkind and Austin Turney, 1997-2005

Randy Weseman, Superintendent

Tom Bracciano, Division Director, Operations and Facilities Planning

Will Fernandez, South Junior High Principal

Lynn Harrod, South Junior High Assistant Principal

School Bond Issue Approved April 5, 2005

Construction Manager:  DLR Group, Overland Park

Architect:  Gould Evans Associates LC, Lawrence

$23 Million Construction Contract Awarded April 10, 2006 (including Broken Arrow Elementary School addition) to Ferrell Construction of Topeka, Inc.

 

 

 

 

The NEW South Junior High School

Design by Gould Evans Associates LC

114,469 Square Feet

Two-Story Structure

Capacity:  700 Students

51 Classrooms

Core Classroom "Pod" Concept

Library/Media Center

Competition & Auxiliary Gymnasiums

Auditorium

Design Addresses natural Lighting, Safety, Security, Simplicity, Flexibility, and Aesthetics

 

April 2005 School Bond Issue Chairpersons:

Alice Fowler

Erv Hodges

Marty Kennedy

Patty Kennedy

Vote Yes for Lawrence Kids Committee Leadership

Deb Passig, Rosy Elmore, Karen Frick, Joan Golden, Mary Loveland, Bonnie Lowe, Julie Nice, Jeanne Robinson, Doug Stremel, Sally Hare Schriner, Sue Morgan, Leni Salkind