Fairborn High School - Flight Yearbook (Fairborn, OH)

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airborn Dedication of the new High School build- ing took place on November 1, 1953. It is located on a 25-acre tract of land and houses 650 students. The estimated cost of the new building was $1,044,360 of which $969,360 was contributed by the federal government, and $75,000 by the local community. The new school contains 21 classrooms, a music room with four practice rooms, a cafe- teria, library, and an auditorium. Ground has been broken for the erection of a new Field House to be attached to the east

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V behoof end of the building with a seating capacity of 4.000 persons. At one end will be a stage completely equipped with theatrical lighting and other facilities, as a setting for plays and concerts. The Stadium will provide seating for 2,500 persons on the Vest side of the Football field. Thus the building program was a very neces- sary part in the development of a fast growing city which has developed from a tiny village of 1.000 persons in 1913 to a thriving metropolis today. This increased population made neces- sary the huge building program which is now in progress.