The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

The final touches on a gym renovation project largely completed in September 2020 were made Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the form of new bleachers at Sweet Home Junior High School.

The red retractable bleachers, which feature "Sweet Home" in black lettering, are just one more piece adding on to a fuller $11.8 million school renovation project completed in the fall of 2020, according to school district business manager Kevin Strong. That project included adding a regulation sized gym instead of a small auxiliary gym, adding a cafeteria/learning commons area, and remodeling the library/media center,...