$46 MILLION MAKEOVER FOR SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL

A $46-million renovation of Sunset High School will include a 1,000-seat competition gym, a blackbox theater, new administration offices and a holistic makeover of the school’s mishmash interior.

Construction could start as soon as November. If all goes as planned, it could be finished in August 2023. Sunset was built in 1925, and the original building is a City of Dallas Landmark. The historic side of the school will get new windows. The front vestibule will receive security updates, and administrative offices in the historic school will be turned into classrooms. The Tenth Street side will get a new entryway and the addition of an administrative suite and nurse’s office. The competition gym would sit just to the west of that, with its entrance facing Tenant Street. New athletics facilities also include locker rooms, a weight room and a mat room.

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