Oakland Secondary School has been updated and includes a health clinic and day care center.
Highlights
- The school, built in 1912, has been extensively renovated to meet modern needs while preserving its historic architecture.
- Funding came from a voter-approved $535 million bond referendum in 2020.
- The campus also will have a health clinic and a day care center.
The Tacoma (Washington) district has reopened a 113-year-old high school campus after a two-year renovation.
The Tacoma News Tribune reports that the former Oakland High School — now known as Oakland Secondary School — welcomed students back to the campus this week.
The school opened in 1912 as an elementary school and eventually transitioned to a high school. But the district determined that the aging building needed extensive repairs as high school students struggled to use a facility initially designed for much younger students…