2000s

The twenty-first century opened with the most significant changes to this facility since it was constructed. The community supported a ten-year bond issue that would spend over $23 million to build a new fine arts center, field house, library, and science wing. In 2007 another bond issue funded various renovations and technology improvements.

The first new principal for the twenty-first century was Jane Sears in 2002. Chuck McCauley assumed the post in 2005, and he was succeeded by Teri Brant in 2008. The school continued to rack up numerous awards of academic exellence, but the number of clubs was diminishing as the new generations of students were preoccupied with opportunities outside of school. The merger of Phillips Petroleum with Conoco in 2002 would lead to employment changes in the community and consequent changing demographics over this decade: the proportion of district students qualifying for free-and-reduced lunches increased from 31% to 43%.

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