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Hoover High School to Celebrate Major Construction Milestone with Final Steel Beam on New Theater
WHAT: Students, staff and the project team will mark a major construction milestone with a “Topping Out” Ceremony, celebrating the hoisting of the final beam that will make up the theater building.
WHEN: Friday March 1, 2019
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hoover High School, 4474 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92115
VISUALS: 11:00 a.m. - Students, staff and the project team will sign the final beam for the new 500 seat theater.
11:30 a.m. – A large construction crane will guide the beam into place.
12:00 p.m. – Students and staff will celebrate the completion of the final beam with tacos provided by a taco cart.
GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS:
Jason Babineau, Hoover High School Principal
Lee Dulgeroff, Chief of Facilities Planning and Construction
Hoover High School students
PROJECT OVERVIEW:
Hoover High School, built in the 1930s, is currently undergoing a substantial renovation. The renovation includes design and construction of a new theater and a three-story classroom building.
Once a community landmark, the Spanish-style tower once visible from El Cajon Boulevard was taken down in 1976 due to seismic safety standards. It was well known in the community for the “Tower Day Ceremony,” a tradition in which seniors climbed to the top of the tower. The ceremony ended when the tower came down.
Forty-three years later, San Diego Unified brought back the iconic tower to the City Heights community. The design of the new building is inspired by Spanish-style architecture and combines an old-fashioned schoolhouse concept with an energy-efficient modern design. The new tower topped out in January 2019.
One month after San Diego Unified celebrated its new tower, the district is now preparing to top out the second and final new building on this project: the theater.
The first floor of the new three-story building is designed to accommodate school administrative staff, counselors, and support staff. The second and third floors provide ten classrooms each. The new building replaces buildings 100 (Counseling), 1700 (Administration), as well as 20 outdated modular classrooms from the campus annex area.
The new theater building provides an approximately 500-seat theater, theater support space, and instructional space.
The project also includes reconfiguration of the main parking lot, courtyard improvements, and a student drop-off area.
BACKGROUND:
San Diego Unified’s capital projects are funded by San Diego Unified School District’s Propositions S and Z, which are local bond measures approved by San Diego voters to repair, renovate and revitalize neighborhood schools. In addition to renovation and replacement, bond projects include classroom technology, facilities to support College, Career and Technical Education, classroom air conditioning, safety and security upgrades, and other facilities improvements at traditional and public charter schools throughout San Diego Unified.
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