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In 1916, a fireproof brick high school building was erected at 323 West 12th Street at a cost of $65,000. The junior high school building at Salina was used as a model for this structure. The building was first occupied in the fall of 1917.

 In 1925, the athletic field now known as Shively Field, named after C. A. Shively, who served as superintendent of schools from 1914 to 1928) was purchased for $4,000.

The original building at the corner of 12th and Ash was torn down in 1939.  At that time, an addition was made to the west building. The addition consisted of a home economics laboratory, chemistry laboratory, library, wood shop, and vocational agriculture shop. The 12th street auditorium was also part of the addition.

The school  became the Hays Junior-Senior High School  between 1939 and 1941when seventh and eighth grades joined the top four grades in the building.

In 1964, the seventh and eight graders moved from the high school to the new Hays Junior High School.

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