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Facts About the Current FHS

Did You Know?

Here are some facts about the current Fayetteville High School campus:

  • The FHS Marching Band can only practice together at Harmon Field, since the band room isn't large enough to hold the entire band.
  • The cafeteria at FHS only seats 325. To serve lunch to the entire student body would require five lunch periods, the first beginning at 9:30 am.
  • The auditorium at FHS only seats 350 (FYI: the enrollment at FHS is 1,850). The FHS Choir barely fits the stage, and the FHS Concert Band is too large.
  • The only space where the entire study body can assemble is the gymnasium.
  • The original building opened in September of 1952, and the first class to graduate was the FHS Class of 1953 with 145 graduates. (FYI: 565 students graduated in the class of 2009).
  • The current campus has 56 exterior doors, which creates a security issue.
  • When the current FHS opened in 1952 the Northwest Arkansas Times said it was "one of the finest and most advanced structures in the Southwest, a pilot plant for the rest of Arkansas and surrounding states." Sound familiar?
  • The FHS Choirs have held their concerts at Springdale High School's performing arts center the last couple years due to the lack of a space large enough to accommodate the choirs and the audience.
  • Fayetteville voters approved a tax increase in 1870 to bring the University of Arkansas to Fayetteville, outbidding other communities in the state. The returns on that investment are incalculable!

 

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