The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Oct. 26, 1972

A tentative proposal to renovate the high school was approved by the school board and the architects were instructed to begin work on preliminary schematic drawings.

A rough estimate of the cost was $2.25 million, $400,000 less than a proposal that was defeated by voters last fall. The current proposal calls for demolishing the east center portion of the old school building and construction of two new classroom wings to the rear of the buildings.

The City Council authorized the purchase of a new computerized billing machine, which is needed to update the current 15-year-old...