Winnebago High School
					Grades Served: 9-12 Total Square Footage: 111,623 new 1,120 remodeled Cost: Estimate: $9,133,780 Actual: $9,311,394 Occupancy Date: September 1999 General Contractor: Reitzel Construction Rockford, Illinois Mechanical Engineer: Engineering Services Rockford, Illinois Civil Engineer: McClure Engineering Rockford, Illinois Food Services: J.A. Belter & Associates Libertyville, Illinois Theater Design: Buerki Brennan Assoc. Mequon, Wisconsin
		Basic Educational and Program Requirements • Cafetorium - Cafeteria/Auditorium Area with Stage • Kitchen with Walk-In Freezer & Refridgerator • Competition Gym with Mezzanine • PE & Athletic Lockerrooms • Weight Room • 18 Classrooms • 2 Computer Labs • 4 Science Lab Classrooms • Band Room with Storage & Practice Areas • 2 Art Classrooms with Kiln & Storage Areas • Graphic Arts Classroom with Adjoining Lab • Media Center with Adjoining A/V Tech Room • Administration Offices
		The school district wanted both a new cafeteria and auditorium in the high school. Due to funds and space availability, we developed the cafetorium concept. It functions as both a cafeteria with the capacity of 250 or as an auditorium with the capacity of 550. A stage area was built in the front of the room with tiered seating up to the kitchen/serving area. The new contest gym seats 1200 people with bleachers on both sides. A mezzanine on one side seats an additional 600 people and provides room for auxiliary athletic activities like wrestling. The new high school was built as an addition onto the existing high school. It is two stories high with a partial basement. The media center, general classrooms and science labs occupy the second floor. Since occupation of the new high school, the existing building has become the middle school for the district.
						(From top) Outside of New High School; Cafetorium with Stage and Tiered Steating; New Competition Gym with Mezzanine; Science Lab Classroom. Photos taken by Nels Akerlund