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The auditorium could be used for community activities at the rate of $25.00
minimum charge, plus 25% of all receipts above $100.00 for plays, concerts, etc. The
gym was for school activities only.
The Hereford High School band was one of the first to be organized in the area and
the only one outside Amarillo to participate in the Amarillo Music Festival in 1926.
Music and athletics have always been an integral part of the school system. The
1925-1926 year might well be considered the beginning of the full sports program for
the district. The first team bus was purchased in August, 1927, at the cost of
$1150.00. Whiteface Field was constructed in 1930 where the present practice gyms
are located.
The "magnificent red brick building" that was occupied in 1926, served as a high
school until the present high school was completed in 1954 and opened at mid-term
of the 1954-55 school year. The original three-story portion of the building was
vacated by the high school students on the last day of school before Christmas
vacation when the students carried their books and supplies to the new building.
The junior high students moved from the barracks into the" old high school" which
became the new junior high.
The barracks were used for overflow of fifth and sixth graders and as a cafeteria
for those students as well as the junior high and high school students. The "new
building" addition to Stanton was begun in 1959. The present cafeteria was
constructed at that time, also, to serve both the high school and junior high.
Shirley School was constructed in 1949 and Aikman in 1956, thus providing rooms for
elementary students. Some of the barracks were moved at that time and the
remainder after 1959 construction projects.
During the 1969-70 school year, science and athletic facilities were added at
Stanton and portable buildings were moved on the location for classroom use.
In 1988, the two junior high schools were combined, with the junior high to be
located at the La Plata Junior High building, which was constructed in 1966. The
Stanton campus was used for Pre-K classes and as a Central Office Annex from 1988
until 1993, when it once again was used for classrooms and became Stanton
Learning Center. This campus presently serves children and youth from ages three to
twenty-one. With few exceptions, the entire building is in use.
If this building could share its experiences and secrets, there would be volumes of
tales to be told and heard. Through its continued years of service, it has seen
laughter and tears of both joy and sorrow. It was built when President Calvin
Coolidge was in office, on the eve of the Great Depression, and when Governor
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Waters, Carolyn. [Hereford District School Histories], text, November 2003; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46553/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.