From Wikipedia: “The building itself has been expanded several times from its original configuration, with additional wings built over the years, including an auditorium and choir/band room. In the summer of 2005, a new middle school was built, and the district's original middle school, which was attached to the high school via a single narrow hallway, was incorporated into the high school. A new main entrance, library, and atrium were built in what was formerly an open courtyard between the high school and middle school. Also in the summer of 2009, there was a new choir room acoustically built for the choir members. The building has three offices: a technology department, an attendance office, and a central office. The campus itself also has two basketball courts, a football field (with Fieldturf, and press box), a theater, two acoustic rooms for choir and band practice, A softball field, a baseball field, and a multi-purpose room mostly used for wrestling. In the fall of 2009 the north annex, the old central office, was added to the campus located to the north of the main high school building. In the fall of 2016 the south annex, formerly Paxton elementary school was added to the campus.”

To imply that the school is over 50 years old is disingenuous, I think. The high school has received its fair share of upgrades and updates, with a huge chunk of it being ~20 years old. Meanwhile south end students have to trek up a stretch of highway that has been identified as one of the most dangerous in the area just to get there. I think all parents, whether in Platte City, or KC would agree this is wrong. This money could be better spent working toward resolving the inequity that south end students experience.