Reeltown High School has quite a bit to be excited about as its new gym officially opens.
Replacing the mid-1950s model gym that was originally on the Reeltown campus, the Rebels now have a brand-new gym to practice and play in. The gym is equipped to host basketball games and volleyball games with areas for referees, coaches, boy’s and girl’s locker rooms.
There also are rooms dedicated to cheerleading practice, the band and a weightlifting facility. It has taken roughly three and a half years to complete and superintendent Ray Porter said he was excited to get to cut the ribbon on this much needed facility.
“The thing that doesn’t go unnoticed with this new facility is we now don’t cross a state highway multiple times a day,” Porter said. “For safety, that is a huge improvement. Also it allows us to be self-contained, which means we have more security procedures in place.”
With this being the last ribbon cutting in Porter’s administration, he thanked McKee and Associates Architects, First Team Construction, the county commission as without the one cent sales tax this project would not have been possible, the board for their dedication behind the scenes, the stakeholders, students and staff.
The Reeltown High School gym officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday.