U.S. Grant High School timeline

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. WEDNESDAY 9-22-04. U.S. GRANT MAPS FOR KIDS GROUND BREAKING. GROUNDBREAKING: Sophomore class president Nicole Davis (cq NICOLE DAVIS), 15, at left, and junior class president Leslie Johnson (cq LESLIE JOHNSON), 17, at right, wielding shovels along with school officials and dignitaries to break ground on phase one construction of the new U.S. Grant High School in the Oklahoma City Public School District. When completed phase two will be the demolition of the old school and construction of new athletic fields and parking lots. Staff photo by Paul B. Southerland

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Sept. 22, 2004

Officials break ground on a new U.S. Grant High School funded by MAPS for Kids.

U.S. Grant is put on the federal “needs improvement list” for the first time. It appears on the list every year after.

Police show up at the school to break up a large fight and arrest several students on suspicion of gang activity.

Students return from Christmas break to a new school. The $33 million school replaced the aging, overcrowded old school.

Interim Principal William “Bill” Einspahr takes over after Phillip Wallace retires.

Leonardo Avila, shown at right, a junior, drowns while visiting Arcadia Lake with friends on the last day of school.

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