Mission, Texas- Mission High School (MHS) will begin one of its biggest transformations this week. The next phase of planned renovations will result in some immediate changes to how everyone accesses the campus, and the portable buildings still housing Mission Collegiate High School (MCHS). Effective immediately, the regular entrances used at the front of the school, along Cleo Dawson will be closed. Employees and visitors for MHS and MCHS will now need to park in an area along Cummings Avenue (Softball Field Parking) and enter the campus from the east side. All administrative offices for MHS will be temporarily housed in the “R” classroom building. MCHS plans to remain in the portable buildings until they relocate to its new campus later this summer.
Coaches, athletes, etc. who need to access the Neuhaus Gym will park in the Tom Landry Stadium Parking lot and enter the campus from the south, near the Northside Swimming Pool.
Work crews are scheduled to demolish the cafeteria, Building “G”, the pavilion, and the Eagle Café/original library building during the summer while students are out of school. Construction on a new, two-story instructional building, cafeteria, fine arts building, and renovations to several other buildings will likely begin in the first half of the coming school year.
During the demolition process this summer, some phone service, electric service, water service, etc. may need to be interrupted, resulting in another relocation of some administrative personnel during those outages.
Plans for traffic patterns and campus access for the new school year are being finalized and will be announced prior to the beginning of school.
Mission High School and Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) officials ask for everyone’s patience as this extensive construction projects progresses. The goal is to provide students and staff with a campus addition and renovated spaces to serve the community well into this century.
Pictured is a contractor as early demolition work starts at Mission High School.
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