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Save Bakersfield High School!

Save Bakersfield High School!

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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 1 month ago
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that the Bakersfield City Council and the California High Speed Rail Authority utilize the "red" route through Bakersfield, California. We recognize that the "blue" route would require the destruction of at least one building on the Bakersfield High School campus. Such action would adversely affect the cultural history of the town and possibly force relocation of the school as the campus already has the fewest acres of the city's 15 comprehensive high schools. The Bakersfield High School campus is well-beloved not only among alumni, but is revered also as a historical treasure to the city and Kern County. Please choose the "red" route and save a piece of history. Save 117 years of tradition. Save Bakersfield High School.

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June 1, 2010

Reached 100 supporters

May 31, 2010

May 28, 2010

The California High Speed Rail Authority still thinks they can bulldoze our history without a fight. We are climbing toward one hundred signatures so stop scrolling and blast this link everywhere right now.

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Walt Hill
8 years ago Featured

The high speed rail is going to fail - from Bakersfield to Merced !!! Who cares, who will ride, WHY. Keep BHS , move the damn tracks west. Downtown doesn't need the congestion of a transit station around the hospitals, and infrastructure - BHS '62 Once a Driller, always a Driller

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Kathleen Rickard
8 years ago Featured

My grandmother attended college there - 4 generations have attended - my grandchildren attend currently. Find a more appropriate route!

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Ethel boyd
9 years ago Featured

How can this be considered? BHS is over 100 years old. I have so many memories from attending that school. So sad that they can be washed away by new technology.

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Bobbi Norris
11 years ago Featured

This is a landmark like no other in Bakersfield. It has withstood earthquakes and much more from some of the students. Bobbi class of 1979

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Stacy Sheffield
11 years ago Featured

My dad went to BHS, my folks met and married while teaching at BHS, and my brother and I both attended BHS. I hope the school, and it's grounds, stay intact, so generations to come may claim the same.

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Chuck McLaughlin
12 years ago Featured

Attended KCUHS from 1941-1945. The school is a large part of Bakersfield history and should remain inviolate to Fed, State and/or local developers. High-speed rail is a good idea perhaps but shouldn't destroy city history in the process. Chuck McLaughlin

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Kenneth Jones
8 years ago

Bad choice to destroy BHS & Mercy Hospital.

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Chyenne mudge
8 years ago

Why is this even a question!? BHS should not be touched. Leave BHS alone!!

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