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Show I ghB Is) rw'' IBrnBUs ft Bini til JuvSir 7 The students of Dixie Junior High School will soon be moving to a new location. According to Superintendent of the T. Lavoy Esplin, Washington County School Board, they are Just waiting for the "OK" from the contractor and then the students will move. He anticipates a move around the first of the year. The new facility will ac1,200 students where presently the Jr. high has an enrolement of 792. There will also be 38 teaching stations. According to Mr. Melvin James, principal of Dixie Jr. High, "The district is providing the finest building in the area for our . students." The new facility includes a complete Media Center with an intercom and sound system which enables all classes to have piped in music, programs or even TV shows. There is also a mini HIGH IN REVIEW pictured above, clockwise from upper right: mini auditorium, where students will be given opportunity to perform to smaller groups, so they will be able to perform more times and gain greater experience. Below is a shot of inside of the kitchen facilities. The latest in equipment is waiting the use of the school lunch program. At bottom, one of the four main hallways of the new school. Students will rooms and storage, make-udressing rooms. , The preparation for lunch will now be taken over competely by the Jr. high as there new kitchen Is completed supplied with all the needs and the diningroom has individual seating instead of the bench method. There are two Home Ec. rooms, one for cooking and one far sewing with adjoining fitting rooms. Then in the southwest end of the building you will find the music department with a separate Chorus and Band room with practice and music storage rooms. Then as you cross the hall you will find a very massive shop facility. There is a main teacher station in the center with a PA system which will handle a three teacher operation. There are four major areas in p the shop, manufacturing, communications, trans- theatre portation and construction. The gym has bleachers on both sides and will ac- productions with a drama classroom ajoining with prop Adjoining this is a wrestling, auditorium JUNIOR Mft IHlngjlhi commodate NEW HI! for have to find their way around in a new school in the near future. Bottom left, is one of the construction working areas in the new shop that can handle many classes of students at a time. Middle left, is comodate the 1200 kitchen spectators. facility of dancing, and tumbling mini gymnasium. One very unique feature is that there U a patio area in the center of the building that adjoins the media center, art room and type room. There is approximately sq. feet in the building which has costed the school board 83,768,383. The origanal estimate on the building was under this figure by $13,385. The portion of this that is taken care of by the local school board was accomplished by local bonding. 117,000 According to Mr. Esplin, are very pleased, it is going to be an outstanding school facility." When they are given the move signal, he We explained, that they will actually have the students help move. Some of the furnishings were bought new and are in the facility but many will be taken from the old school. Mr. Esplin stated. "A lot of people have worked hard to help bring this facility." the home economics department, there also is a sewing section. Above is a Science Lab. which is one of the four Science rooms. PHOTOS & STORY BY ERROL FOREMASTER |
