Friday, March 10, 2000
High school 80% done
Little Miami will open in September
BY SUE KIESEWETTER
Enquirer Contributor
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — The recent placement of a 2,500-pound cast stone sign at the new Little Miami High School marked a turning point for this community.
The long-awaited high school construction project is nearing completion.
“We're about 80 percent done and we're right on schedule,” said business manager George Long. The $18 million school will sit on 86 acres at U.S.122/Ohio 3 and Morrow-Cozaddale Road, just outside Morrow. “The dry summer really helped us.”
The start of the 2000-01 school year will be delayed by one week to give teachers and staff time to set up classrooms before students arrive on Sept. 5.
Moving into the high school will cause a domino effect with junior high students moving to the old high school while fifth- and sixth-graders move out of the elementary schools and into what is now the junior high.
The 150,000-square foot school is built for 800 students but designed for expansion so that, when enrollment warrants, two classroom wings can be added. The core facilities — media center, cafeteria — are oversized to accommodate 1,200 so they won't have to be expanded as enrollment increases.
An octagonal foyer with a three-story cupola forms the central portion of the school. Off it is the hallway leading to a 500-seat auditorium with loft, the two-story academic wing, college size gymnasium with seating for 1,500, student bookstore, cafeteria, and offices.
The classrooms can be shut off from the rest of the building in the evenings when the school is being used for community, sporting or other events.
To personalize the building, the beam in the gymnasi um ceiling last fall was signed by each student and staff member in the school.
Outdoor athletic facilities include an all-weather track, five tennis courts, stadium that seats 2,500 and a baseball/softball complex.
Second-floor hallways overlook the main hallway below. Instead of being placed along hallway walls, lockers will sit in bays.
Floors are tiled in school colors and the building is wired for technology with a computer station in each room for teachers and two computer labs for student use. There will also be a radio-television studio.
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