Lamar High School Groundbreaking

Lamar High School will hold a groundbreaking ceremony this week to celebrate the start of construction on their new campus, which is being built as part of the voter-approved 2012 Bond Program. The milestone comes 80 years after construction began on the school’s iconic original building.

Design plans call for a new four-story addition featuring four flexible academic areas, a large covered transit center for bus and parent drop-off, a black box theater and band instruction area, a large banquet and food preparation space for the school’s culinary program, and other career and technical education spaces. The existing main building, with its well-known art deco façade, will continue to serve as the main entrance. It also will house the existing auditorium, an alumni center, an employee child care facility, and a performing arts area.

For more information on HISD building programs, visit www.BuildHISD.org.

Who:

Lamar High School Principal James McSwain, HISD Board of Education Trustee Anne Sung, HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza, Former Texas Governor Mark White, and Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis, as well as Lamar students, staff, community members, and alumni, including at least one representative from each of the school’s 80 graduating classes. 

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Where:

3325 Westheimer, Houston, 77098