CHS building history Corning High School on Bobcat Lane was built in 1967 on land formerly owned by Ada Prichard. The $785,000 Junior-Senior High School project was to construct a gymnasium, a high school building, a cafeteria-auditorium- library building, a junior high school building and an administrative building. The Courier reported approximately 82,538 square feet of floor space was constructed for an average cost of $7.02 per square foot. The superintendent at that time was Ray B. Watson. The Corning School Board of Education hosted an open house and dedication of the new Junior-Senior High School facility on Sunday, November 17, 1968. Guest speaker for the program of dedication was Dr. Silas D. Snow, president of State College of Arkansas, Conway, a former Corning superintendent. Dr. B. C. Page, president of the Board of Education, presided over the dedication. The invocation was by Rev. Jim Keith, pastor, First United Methodist Church.
By PAM LOWE Clay County Courier The Corning Bobcats may soon have a new home thanks to 12.7 million offered by the state if voters…
