Warrior Run High School - Warrior Yearbook (Turbotville, PA)

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August 29, 1955 The board agreed to employ Edmund George Good as architect for the new Warrior Run secondary school. September 28, 1955 The recommendation of the architect for the selection ofthe site known as the Patterson Farm was unanimously approved by the executive commit- tee of the joint board. October 13, 1955 A final room schedule was received from the Dept. of Public Instruction. TURBOTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL October 17, 1955 The formal approval of the site was received from the Dept. of Public Instruction. November 1, 1955 Department of public Instruction assigns Project number 922 to the proposed junior-senior high school. November 21, 1955 The joint board authorized option to be taken on the approved school site at 324,000 tor a period of one year at the cost of S1,000. H. William Koch was retained as solicitor. January 16, 1956 A formal contract was entered into with the architect. January 23, 1956 Fire destroyed the Eighth Street School, requiring part-time sessions for the children of this shcool and the Dewart School. February 13, 1956 The Watsontown Business Associates formally registered objection to the selection of the site, and the board agreed to permit engineers selected by the Business Associates to be present at the time that test borings are made at the site. A Nlarch 8, 1956 Preliminary plans approved for further developments by the Dept. of Public Instruction. Nlay 2, 1956 lVlr. Robinson reports the Eighth Street buildings as having a wholly in- adequate site, impractical to enlarge. 6 June 8, 1956 A report of the survey committee states: 13 The cost of rebuilding the Eighth Street School does not seem warranted. 25 The committee recommends that the new secondary school be erected as the next step in the building program. 35 The committee suggested that priority approval for Project No. 922 might be obtained upon application. June 15, 1956 The board aiuhorized that a petition be forwarded to the State Council on Education seeking priority for the junior-senior high school project. June 27, 1956 The revised preliminary plans were given approval by the Dept. of Public Instruction. July 7, 1956 A request was made of the president of the Business Associates to meet with representatives of the Watsontown School Board and the Joint Board in an ettort to reconcile differences. July 13, 1956 A letter received from the Superintendent of Public Instruction approv- ing Project No. 922. August 20,1956 The board authorized the architect to proceed with the preparation of work drawings. The board also selected Rhodes, Sinon and Reeder as bond counsel. October 3, 1956 The board unanimously agrees to adopt the name of Susquehanna Valley School Authority as the authority to be established by the districts of the area. The board also at this meeting named authority members and made selections of terms of authority members. October 15, 1956 A resolution was agreed to authorizing Lewis Township to exercise the option to purchase the Patterson Farm as a site tor the proposed new secondary school. The several boards met the same evening to pass resolu- tions establishing the authority. Above left: The Turbotville School. Above: The Turbotville Vocational School.

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1 .7!ze jirof jxfenfy jiue euro The Warrior Run School District was formed twenty-five years ago. After many midnight sessions, the final jointure resulted. Involved were the West Branch Joint School tan earlier iointure of Watsontown Borough, Delaware Township, lVlcEwensville, and Gregg Townwhipl and the North-Mont Joint School District tan earlier iointure of Turbotville, Anthony Township, Limestone Township, and Lewis Townshipb. The Warrior Run District accounted for parts of three counties and eight school districts. The original school board consisted of forty members, five from each of the eight districts. Advantages of the new iointure included more variety in activities in- cluding co-ed sports, expansion of boys' athletics, greater opportunities in academics, better-supplied libraries and science laboratories, and improved yearbooks. By contrast, West Branch High School offered football, basket- ball, and band, North-Nlont offered wrestling. If We H NIMH gdgk -V an CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE WARRIOR RUN SCHOOL DISTRICT lt was evident that as early as 1949, a need for a new secondary school in the area was obvious to some of the directors. December 15, 1952 A report was made regarding the meeting held in the Dept. of Public ln- struction at which time it urged that the West Branch Joint School and the North-Mont Joint School should become one large ioint organization. June 21, 1954 The Supervising principal reported on the enrollment in the schools following a discussion held on the possibility of receiving Department ap- proval ofa building for the West Branch Joint School. A motion was agreed that the county superintendent be asked to call a meeting with the North- Mont Joint School to further discuss a jointure with them. July 19, 1954 The supervising principal reported that the county superintendent stated that the North-Nlont Joint board was not interested in meeting with the West Branch Joint board at this time. lVlarch 21, 1955 Dr. C. D. Jenkins, County Superintendent, reported to the board that the North-Nlont Joint School, as a result of the letter received from Dr. Swan, had passed a resolution stating they were willing to re-open negotiations with the West Branch Joint School. The board of directors of the West Branch Joint School then passed a motion stating that they were willing to re-open nogotiations providing that a definite program of action to which the directors of the North-Mont Joint School are willing to accede will be presented and that the meeting be held within a period of 30 days. lVlay 16, 1955 Since the meeting with the directors of the North-llllont Joint School had not been productive, a resolution was introduced and unanimously ap- proved petitioning the State Council on Education to permit a final room schedule to be issued to Warrior Run Joint School for the creation of a secondary school. June 8 81 9, 1955 The Warrior Run Area Joint School is formed by the directors comprising the West Branch Joint School and the North-Nlont Joint School effective the first Nlonday in July, 1955. Article 8 of the agreement - any secondary school constructed in the new jointure be in the vicinity of the Warrior Run Church- was the major obstacle. Robert S. Rishel, Turbotville, was elected temporary chairman. Mrs. Frances Diehl, West Branch secretary, served as temporary secretary for the board. June 20 was set for the first meeting of the new group at Turbot- ville. The meeting began at9 p.m. Wednesday night and continued until 2 a.m. Thursday morning. An executive committee was formed. lt consisted of 16 members, two from each district. Regular meetings of the executive committee were held the third Monday evening of each month. Orrin G. Cocks was supervising principal of the West Branch Joint School, and Joseph Wolfe was supervising principal ofthe North-Mont Joint School. Abram Fairchild was president of the county board. June 20, 1955 A motion was unanimously approved that preliminary data be submitted for a room schedule for a new junior-senior high school building. 1 '2 'ey-ni f .. ,g . H 'HSL .. .2 ,, efa-ferrfiiir .fft 249.23 It A 2? fi.SZZ4'P I . .T eialixfh 'g-I WATSONTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ' Iliriii-isrrnxslirya i .sc Above left: The Watsontown High School. Above: WHS I-Iomemaking House. 5

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November 16, 1956 Organization meeting of the Susquehanna Valley School Authority held. lanuary 11, 1957 Resolutions were adopted by the board to approve the plan and drawings for the new secondary school, the specifications for the new secondary school, and directing the Susquehanna Valley School Authority to proceed immediately to advertise for bids for construction. January 24, 1957 Susquehanna Valley School Authority sets Nlarch 12, 1957 at 7:00 p.m. in the Watsontown High School as the time and place for the opening of bids. lVlarch 27, 1957 The bids were accepted. The largest contract, that of the actual building of the school, was awarded to Ritter Brothers, of Harrisburg, PA. lVlay 18, 1957 Ground-breaking ceremony was held. From that time on construction on the new school moved at a very rapid pace. llllay 8, 1958 ln a special meeting, the board awarded contracts for the furniture and equipment to be used in the nearly-completed school. September 3, 1958 Fifteen months and sixteen days after ground-breaking ceremonies, the new Warrior Run Area loint School was opened for classes. Due to rising enrollment, 1967 brought the need for a new building. The Warrior Run Junior-Senior High School, originally designed for 1,050 stu- dents, was severely overcrowded by 1,300 students. The seven outlying elementary schools had no cafeterias, libraries, or medical facilities. A four- four-four system was then devised for the district by which the high school, a new building, would house grades 9-12, the middle school, the previous high school, would have grades 5-8, and the elementaries, the already standing structures, would house grades 1-4. Why was the new building designated to be the high school? Traditionally, new high schools have been built to replace the outdated ones. This reasoning led to the Warrior Run High School as we presently know it. Researched By Vicki Shoop T Warrior Run High School The Allenwood School .q-a,,,.., N ,NST Drinking Facilities .-P,-,,. x- --1.11 Ri 1 KS---fx-s ,z SPRING GARDEN The Spring Garden School 7