École Lacombe Composite High School

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Lacombe Composite High School, also known as École Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School, is a high school in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. The school is operated by Wolf Creek Public Schools.In 2009 the school underwent a multimillion dollar modernization project.ModernizationLCHS was constructed throughout the mid-1960s, and officially opened in time for the 1967–1968 school year. In 1999, it was determined that the school's population was 4% over capacity, and so an audit was done to determine what was needed to bring the school up to code.Through visioning sessions in spring of 2003, a committee of staff, stakeholders, and administrators (along with Group 2 Architecture, the firm hired to design the modernization plan) met to discuss areas of improvement within the school to the public. One major priority was increasing space by reconfiguring the floor plan for more classrooms. Other major priorities included larger student gathering areas, and improved flow through congested areas.It was originally thought that the old gym would be divided in half for use by the drama and music programs however the drama program was cancelled for the duration of the modernization to allow for more room for the athletics department.One of the major challenges of the modernization was that there was not much extra space to use once the new gym was added. This was solved by utilizing existing space within the school.The auditorium was another major concern. Because the old office was scrapped to make way for a large student common area, the auditorium was demolished to make way for a new and improved office. This angered many people because the auditorium was the site of many concerts and productions in Lacombe. It was decided that half of the old gym would go to the performing arts department for use as an auditorium.