Other building features include a library, media center, art and computer classrooms, cafeteria, gymnasium and a regulation-sized basketball court which was donated by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The project includes two symbolic features; the Panther mural from the destroyed Plaza Towers was saved and is now displayed at the entrance of the new school and at the entrance of the school there is a memorial dedicated to the seven students who lost their lives on May 20, The memorial includes silhouettes of seven children with personal touches that represent each child. Seven benches outside the school also pay tribute to the children.
The school was designed and built with the safety of the children being the top priority. The kindergarten classrooms were built as Federal Emergency Management Agency-grade storm shelters. The rooms are cast-in-place concrete structures that can hold up to people. The shelter includes four rest rooms with a water source that is separate from the rest of the building. The shelter exceeds FEMA regulations and provides safe shelter for the entire school.
The schools current building opened in after the previous facility was destroyed by the Moore tornado; seven students at the school died as a result of the tornados impact. The school first opened in After it opened, Plaza Towers became ranked among the highest two elementary schools in the district.
As the school grew older, it became overcrowded and its demographics began to change with increasing numbers of disadvantaged students. The school received some additions as time passed. In a new building for second and third grade students was constructed. The This standalone building was built by a company headquartered in Norman, Barbour and Short Construction. In a newly-opened elementary school took many of the wealthiest children who previously attended Plaza Towers.
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May 28, Leave a comment. Glenn Lewis looks out at a pile of twisted metal, broken wood, smashed vehicles and torn school books. This is what is left of one of the two schools in his Oklahoma town that were obliterated by a massive tornado that killed seven children in the building.
May 23, Leave a comment. Another tragedy has struck the Oklahoma City metro area in the form of the tornado that devastated the community of Moore on Monday. Despite all the tragedies the area has experienced over the past 20 years, this one feels like one of the most brutal of them all.
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