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Show . a - - - - - I . f !- if , s is .J -t Ol - v. v - ; v, ... - ' , - . Workers Finishing Up A Brand New Park City High Violet Terry broke ground for the new school September 13, 1975. It Is scheduled for completion next month. f ' " ; ' ! i ; 1 i Sunlight streams In through large windows In the music room at the new facility. Park City's new S3 million plus high school, one of the most utilitarian and certainly the most modern in the State will be completed within several weeks. Ground was broken for the new school September 13, 1975 as a half dozen or so people endured freezing sleet to watch School Board President Violet Terry proudly scoup up the first spadeful of soil the first step towards the realization of a City wide dream. The building, designed by the Salt Lake architectural firm of Edwards and Daniels, will open its doors to an estimated enrollment of 200 next fall. The facility adheres to the "community "commun-ity school concept" in that its construction will support a variety of activities, aside from serving as a center of learning for Park City students (grades nine through twelve). Last week, we journeyed to the school site in Holiday Ranch to have a look at the amazing new facility for ourselves. Upon arriving, we found the new school in the final stages of completion; Dozens of trade contracters buzzed around busily hammer ing, pounding, measuring measur-ing and installing. They were laying carpet, tile, and linolium. Putting in clocks, dishwashers and an elevator. Hanging lights pictures and curtains. We were fortunate enough to be accompanied on our tour by the janitorial j food service and maintenance staffs of the school district. These are the people who will ultimately care for the new school, working behind the scenes in areas unnoticed by faculty and students. The tour was led by superintendent Dr. Richard Goodworth. We began and ended in the new school's gleeming $80,000 kitchen. The lunch ladies scurried about the large room inspecting every detail through eyes of experience. They beamed at the modern dishwasher, large walk-in refrigerator, and storage facilities; facili-ties; however, mistook a garbage can washer for an employee shower (without a door no less). "Well the dial's different but otherwise ..." said a lunch lady of Hobart industrial mixer. From the kitchen we ventured into the Gym. We noted a regulation 90 foot playing surface and seating facilities, including a balcony, capable of handling a crowd of 1,100 pepped up students, parents, and teachers. Noticing the purple trim in the gymnasium, one of our tour-mates tour-mates remarked, "Purple? Why that's South Summit's colors. We're red. It should have been red." From the gym, we passed through well-equipped and spacious spac-ious locker rooms, showers and wrestling rooms. Then, on to the office area. "Here's where Joelle will operate out of," said our able tour director of the school secretary and we could just picture her here ringing bells, issuing tardy slips, filing cards and calling parents of absent students. Soon, we had left Joelle behind and were in the multi purpose area, an area of enormous dimension, with two opposite walls of glass affording a magnificient view of clean air, mountains and blue skies. At one end of the seemingly limitless space is a stage, which Dr. Goodworth said would be used for performances until the auditorium auditor-ium is completed in yet several more years. At the other end is an expanse of carpeting on which will sit, according to Dr. Goodworth, dozens of tables where students will eat. Next we toured the class rooms. Again we found large spacious rooms, with sun light streaming through sizeable single panes of glass. Moveable walls in each room afford teachers and students a variety of class room space with which to work. All classrooms have an outside entrance or exit, and in the Home Ec facilities, an exit opens onto a pleasant patio and garden. All rooms are carpeted. Some even have carpeting on the walls. A maintenance woman exclaimed as we passed through the very impressive media center (library) which sits in the center of the modular class rooms. "Who's going to lift a vacume up to clean that carpet?" As we headed towards the stairs to gain access to the second floor, we passed a room which i drew considerable attention from our tour companions, but yet i received little commentary from i our tour leader the custodial room. A large chamber as i custodial rooms go. Unlike our other stops, this one afforded no ; view and had no carpeting. It was however a cheery domocile with a ! table on which a deck of cards was I laid almost like an invitation to i rest after a weary task. I Much comment was overheard i I i i i 'I ? i I i i . - ; . i - A worker lays tile In the multi-purpose room, which will serve as an auditorium until a new one is completed. ibout future plans for the :ustodial chambers and someone more or less demanded (underneath (under-neath their breath) "we better et a soft couch and a Coke machine." It was a remark that ;veryone within an ear shot ieemcd to get a kick out of. The upper floor of the new school contains the music and art ooms. The music room, an irchitectural masterpiece of class oom design features large windows and irregular shaped walls which create a rhythmic sense to the spaces. There is a tiered area for glee plus private practice rooms with soundless interiors. And no ceiling, just beams. Dr. Goodworth explained that North Summit got the ccili ng but the beams had been sound proofed. They weren't bad to look at; in fact, the exposed beams were sort of rhythmic like the walls and windows. Finally, the art room. We found it to be a most congenial space. almost half glass set at irregular angles, looking East towards the Uinta Mountains. By far the nicest aspect of the art room and maybe the school is a redwood deck adjoining the room large enough to accomodate perhaps 20 people comfortably on a warm spring day. Someone said "they throw mean kids off there" but everyone realized it was a perfect spot to enjoy a cigarette after everyone else had gone home. |