![]() ![]() Other modernizations include new bleachers in the gym, conversion of the main building, updated auditorium, television/media studio, revamped art wing, renovation of the small gym, and modernization of the campuses’ classrooms. The pool replaced a pool so antiquated, the water polo team could not compete at home because the polo tank did not meet specifications for league play. The Fremont swimming pool, a partnership with the City of Sunnyvale also made its debut after the bond measure. The library, now in its third location on campus, is a modern facility, equipped with the latest technology, but also retains a sense of history, by duplicating the look of the main building. The other most striking addition is the library. This replaced the now destroyed band room attached to the back of the main building. The gorgeous music building adjacent to the home football bleachers houses the band and choir programs. As one looks around campus, the additions are at times subtle, and others stunning. In the spring of 1998 the Fremont Union High School District community passed a bond for modernization of the five campuses. The building successfully upgraded the facilities for the Fremont Science Department. With a 30 year old science building no longer adequate for the technological needs of the 1990’s, the Fremont Union High School District funded the science building, which sits on a site formally utilized for student parking. Meyer and contractor Stevenson Pacific Incorporated secured and modernized the now 40 year-old main building. Oddly, 1969, the same year of the fire, saw the school’s main building go under the knife. Many theories abound, and facts remain fuzzy, but somehow the bell tower in the main building caught fire fortunately, the fire did not spread to the remainder of the main building, preserving the health of the oldest building on campus. One of the most dramatic events in school annals occurred in 1969. By the time the 1970’s rolled around, the campus would look much like it did in 1998 when the current modernization efforts commenced. 1966 also saw the destruction of the student center, which served as the high school before construction finished in 1926. Even though the Fremont Union High School District continued to open schools, Fremont added a new gym, now running parallel to Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, the 50’s and 60’s wings, a new science building with a pond, and finally in 1961, the 80’s and 90’s wings. The football bleachers, the first of their kind on the West Coast, were also completed during this time.īaby Boom Explodes Student Population: As the baby boom swelled the number of school age students in California and Santa Clara County became a destination for young families, Fremont had to expand past its one building roots. Eventually, the library was moved to what is now the 140’s wing, which was also formally the Wigwam, and finally to its current site which replaced the 50’s and 60’s wings. The book stacks took up most of the ground floor, with the upstairs annex serving as study rooms for ambitious Fremont students. The library, built in 1935 served that purpose for many years, but we now know it as the Student Center, and before that it was known as the Wigwam. Early Additionsġ935 saw the completion of a swimming pool, situated immediately behind the gymnasium, and a library attached to the main building. The gym (replaced many years ago) ran perpendicular to Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, and had a “Hoosiers” look, meaning, the fans sat atop the action rather than right on the floor. Construction on the main building began in 1926, with the gym following in 1927. He also constructed a variety of buildings in his hometown, Watsonville. Weeks developed buildings up and down the California coast, from as far south as San Luis Obispo and as far north as Ukiah. The school board then purchased land for a permanent site for the school, and commissioned William Weeks, a Watsonville resident, to design the main building. This school, Fremont High School, began classes in fall 1923 at the Sunnyvale Elementary School. With no high school in the Sunnyvale/Cupertino area, the West Side Union High School spun off from the Encinal School District and formed the region’s first high school. ![]() Fremont High School student body in 1928 Beginnings
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