Sierra High School: Difference between revisions

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Sierra originally opened in fall 1982 with grades 9-12, with the first students graduating from the school in 1983. It was built to ease overcrowding at [[Liberty High School]] due to an influx of people into Sierra's downtown area, but soon became overcrowded itself. In 1998, a critical failure in the schools foundation caused by an earthquake resulted in the district having to close the school and all students were temporarily shifted to [[Ainsley High School]].

With the turn of the century, many of the districts priorities were shifted from rebuilding Sierra High to building schools in the districts rapidly developing outer communities. As a result, twenty-seven other highschools opened in the district before Sierra High was rebuilt, including [[Adastra High School]] in the central district.  

In 2014, the district once again shifted its focus back to the city center and planned to reopen Sierra High School. Because of eight of the eleven central district high schools were overcrowded, the district needed to build Sierra much bigger than it had in the past. This resulted in a four-story building that was one of the largest in the country and often mistaken for a shopping mall during its construction. The district spent R$231 million on the entirety of the school's campus, and it officially reopened on 15 August 2016.