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Major construction at JHS proceeds from nightmare to dream come true By January 1980. the school had a new look to it. Nearly every room was affected by remodeling or additions. Bright accent colors of yellow, orange, red. and lime green in some new areas brought variety for some people and disapproval for others. One of the major changes was a bi-level ramped hallway, running east and west, between the math and english departments. New social rooms were added along this hall. The new library also has its main entrance in this hallway. Eating lunch in paper bags in the girls' gym and running down to the wrestling room, (which served as a library for a year), just to check out a book got a little tiresome. But as we look at the new, expanded library and cafeteria, we saw that it was well worth the wait. There is so much more room in the cafeteria and the library is more convenient for everyone. New offices were provided for student services, counselors, nurses, and principals. The offices provide greater efficiency in a friendly, open atmosphere. The Art and Vocational Agriculture departments were also reconstructed. These areas involved a tremendous amount of technical planning and the completed rooms provide the needed space and equipment for students' learning. The girls' locker room was expanded to provide additional storage and locker rooms for visiting teams. New vestibules and storage rooms were added at the entrances near the gyms. One of the areas will become a weight and training room. As we endured dust, noise, wet paint, smell, cold, times of major construction and remodeling of Jefferson, we can look back at those times with vivid memories and take pride in the New Jefferson that will provide a great environment for learning to students for years to come.
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It Sure Was Worth the Trouble! Dusty rooms .. . smelly halls ... no bells ... no intercom ... no clocks . . . rooms with no doors . . . doors with no knobs ... no windows . .. knocked out walls . . . sack lunches but no lunchroom . . . at times no lights ... no pencil sharpeners .no carpet . . . unpainted walls . . . total ugliness . . . freezing rooms . . . crabby teachers . .. discomfort . . . unorganization . . . cute construction workers crowded halls . . tripping over tools . . . piles of junk scattered everywhere . . . Sound familiar??? This was the condition of Jefferson Senior High throughout most of the first half of the school year. But wasn't it worth the inconvenience? Construction workers started to wander about the halls and knock out walls in the fall of I97S. At first it was tough for students to get used to the idea of having these guys interrupting their consentration with sounds of hammers and drills. Taking up space and crowding the hallways was another condition of construction that was hard for students. But the faculty and student body looked at the conditions .as very necessary, so they all cooperated. It was also fun for everyone to watch the school get torn apart and rebuilt again. Jefferson High School was supposed to be completed by January I. 1980, at a cost of $1,600,000. However, as problems occured such as back orders, lack of availability of materials, and just getting into each others way, the new date for completion was set for March, 1980. There was also an increase in costs bringing the total to nearly $3,000,000 for Jefferson School alone. (Central Junior High tvas involved in a similiar remodeling-addition project at the same time at about $1,500,000.
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