Sneak Peek inside new Monona Grove High School


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	Sneak-peek pictures of our new Monona Grove High School
	New pics from tour, April 23, 1999
	Click here to see pictures of the wrecking of the "old" school June 21-22, 1999.
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		Doug Wait from Cullen led the tour.
		The group started in the hallway of the gym/pool area.
		Wait explained that there is an air control system that will keep the pool area from being too humid or smelling like chlorine.
		The Silver Eagle painted on the wall of the gym is very striking and no doubt will become a trademark of the new school.
		The gym is big enough to hold two full-court basketball games at once and features an injury-preventing soft floor.
		It's not the size of the new pool that impresses, but the amenities
		The new pool has an always-full feature. When more people are in the pool, the excess water is stored in a special tank and fills back into the pool when people get out.
		The water fills right up to the top of the pool.
		Undoubtedly many meets will be slated for this excellent facility, which will also be open to the public in non-school hours.
		The boys and girls locker rooms are virtually identical. This is the boys
		The small lockers around the outside are for full-time storage, and there are larger lockers inside to hold street clothes while a student is in the gym or pool.
		This area will be "technical education," which we used to call "shop". Hoods will remove dust and paint.
		Every classroom features white-boards and a TV monitor rack which is already pre-wired for school-wide cable.
		Hallways are being finished from the top down and a color-coded.
		The tour group included school board member and officials from the contracting firm.
		Every classroom is carpeted and well-lit.
		The sophisticated heating system can cool one side of the building while heating the other on days with a great deal of solar heating.
		Computer labs are built into the school, but the number and type of computers they will contain is still up for discussion.
		Hallways are both wider and taller than in the "old school."
		The school district had just recently purchased laboratory hoods for safe science labs, and these are incorporated into the new building.
		Science labs are well equipped.
		The new school used one entire semi-load of epoxy countertops for science labs.
		Board member Bill Thomas checks out one of the labs.
		Another view of one of the larger science labs.
		The center area of the building features some larger rooms that can be used for science demonstrations, and contain retractable projection screens.
		Wait demonstrates the screens
		High density storage units for science lab materials were moved from the old school because they used up-to-date technology.
		The modern bathrooms are clean and easily cleanable.
		Many of the classrooms have shelf space for storage and built-in computer desks. (That's what I was shooting here...not the backs of people's heads!)
		Wait said the new auditorium/cafeteria wing should be ready before the year 2000, over Christmas vacation, 1999.
		Photography note: Because I have worked as a photographer, I have to make some excuses for these pictures. They were taken with a Sony Mavica (digital) camera and are to be considered strictly snapshots. Several of the shots are not very good photographically, but are included anyway because they show some interesting aspect of the new school.
		Thanks to Terri Groves and the Monona Chamber of Commerce who sponsored the tour.
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