February 2020 | Vol. 17 Iss. 02
FREE FIRST PART OF 50-YEAR-OLD BRIGHTON HIGH COMES TUMBLING DOWN AS PROGRESS ON NEW SCHOOL CONTINUES By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
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hile students were on winter break, 50 years of performing arts memories came crashing down as construction crews tore down Brighton High’s auditorium. “It’s part of the first phase of demolition,” Principal Tom Sherwood said. “It will be a challenging six months as we find homes for our programs in that area — performing arts, art, family consumer science — but the final outcome will be a beautiful, new updated school.” Until the new auditorium is complete, Brighton High will use the stage at nearby Butler Middle School. It’s all part of rebuilding Brighton High on the same campus, and part of the $283 million bond voters approved in November 2017. “Our goal through each phase of this process is to keep the students safe and provide them learning opportunities,” Sherwood said. Sherwood said the first phase is slated to be completed in June. It will include the new arts area for vocational, family consumer science and performing arts as well as the fieldhouse and physical education facilities. In what was a parking lot on the northwest corner, an updated 1,100-seat auditorium with a full fly system and improved acoustics as well as lightning and sound is being built. There also will be updated dressing rooms adjacent to the theater and storage for props, he said. The new fieldhouse is expected to alleviate some of the use of the current basketball courts. Dance, drill, wrestling, soccer, lacrosse, physical education classes and other activi- During winter break, Brighton High’s 50-year-old auditorium was demolished. The rebuild of the school will continue through summer 2021. ties and sports can use the multi-use fieldhouse with artificial (Photo courtesy of Brighton High School) turf, an indoor track and baseContinued page 9
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