By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
Progress on the new Junction City High School construction project was on display for members of the senior high staff on Tuesday. They toured the building and had an opportunity to see classrooms, gym, football field, kitchens and the exterior of the building.
One teacher, Nancy Detmer, said the building is beautiful. "It's going to be exciting to move into a new space where hopefully there's going to be less travel and it's going to be more cohesive and not so disjointed like we are now." Another teacher, Becky Steiger, noted that it's a big change after she had taught almost 20 years in the current location. "So it's a little bit of a change to go from the place we've reported for so long, but wow! I think it's a pretty good change and our students are fortunate to have this opportunity."
Troy Hertel, architect, provided some numbers on the project. "We have about 15,000 cubic yards of concrete, we have 22-hundred tons of structural steel, 300,000 concrete block and 250,000 brick." Those materials are in place.
Teachers had a chance to view multiple kitchens in the building including a pair of teaching labs for foods and culinary, the auditorium which will seat about 900, additional classroom designated spaces, a gymnasium and the football field. They were able to walk through the wide hallways to tour all three zones of construction.
Some of the other construction improvements:
The goal is to have the project completed by Aug. of 2021.