History Virgil I. Grissom High School
virgil i. gus grissom
grissom high school founded in 1969 , named astronaut virgil i. gus grissom, killed in apollo 1 fire @ cape kennedy, florida on january 27, 1967. huntsville home nasa s marshall space flight center , has ties space program. @ same time, huntsville city schools named roger b. chaffee elementary , ed white middle school grissom s fallen apollo 1 crewmates.
in august 2012, huntsville city schools announced plans tear down original two-story main high school building , replace three-story structure @ estimated cost of $58 million. rebuild see ninth graders held @ feeder middle schools until construction completed in 2016.
tom drake served grissom s principal 2000 through august 2013. school board named june kalange, vice-principal , former science teacher @ grissom, replacement in august 2013. of 2015, current principal rebecca balentine.
potential construction
the huntsville city schools had been contemplating rebuilding school around 2016 either @ current site, or else @ 60-acre site adjacent weatherly road s west end. board learned on march 7, 2013, different, larger piece of land offered @ no additional cost south of weatherly road site. now-under construction grissom property on national boulevard, west of lowe s , sam s club. published plans extend weatherly road across memorial parkway in order serve site.
two memoranda of understanding (mou) signed on may 3, 2013. these interrelated mous frameworks without contractual obligation.
first of 2 mou-b/c has 2 parties: huntsville mayor tommy battle, , city schools superintendent casey wardysnki
second of 2 mou between mayor battle , superintendent wardysnki adds third party: hylis inc. president john w. hays
the mous acknowledge gift city hylis consisting of difference between selling price ($2,531,267) , appraised value ($9,830,000 per hylis). additional parcels access roads , park donated hylis.
re-use of bailey cove site
several plans under discussion usage of grissom high school s present campus @ 7901 bailey cove road.
one plan envisions creation of southeast huntsville municipal complex, include:
relocation of huntsville-madison county public library s bailey cove branch
relocation of huntsville police department s south precinct
gymnasium , athletic fields become parks , recreation department facility
auditorium becomes community theater/conference center
cost estimated @ $8.4 million
a memorandum of understanding (mou) regarding ghs land on agenda board of education work session of may 2, 2013. mou approved @ session pledges transfer city of huntsville, of grissom , j.o. johnson high school campuses, following respective relocations.
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