Prepare to be Floored

Emory Anderson
Staff Writer
 There are some changes being made to the gym floor here at Bonneville High School (BHS). This kind of change happens about every 20 years, but it can vary. On April 19, 2024, BHS students and faculty had the opportunity to voice their opinions on the project's end design. Levi Owen, head principal, and Tyler Johnson, athletic director, are leading the project.
   This project, being their first major school-based project, is sponsored by Rockwell Homes, a local homebuilding company founded nearly 30 years ago. Rockwell Homes chose to finance this project because “[t]he school, in and of itself, does not have a funding mechanism for this type of upgrade.”  The cost needed to be covered by Rockwell is somewhere between 65-75K. After the faculty pushed for upgrades throughout the school, administration chose to invest in the main gym and its overall appearance. With BHS being the oldest of the traditional high schools in the district, “[they] wanted [the] students to feel more school spirit and pride in being a Bonneville Bee.” The design options presented in the April survey were designed by the boys basketball coach two years ago. He came up with these ideas that students got to pick from because “he had worked with a flooring company that does floors for the NCAA and NBA on the initial design.” All designs, which consisted of four primary options with minute differences, scored favorably with good feedback on potential changes. When gathering feedback on the floor designs, Johnson and Owen worked with Rockwell on the floor designs. The decision to update the main gym floor is not something new; it has been in the works for the last two years. The floor's estimated finish date is July 2024. After reviewing the survey data, it was decided that all four designs would be incorporated into the final project. Even though this project is going to be done well into the summer, it may impact some summer activities such as practices or camps. 
  With these changes being made to the gym floor and not many things being affected by it, it will be something that will be an improvement seen by everyone. A big thanks goes out to Rockwell Homes for funding the project. Having pride in school culture and appearance can lead to an increase in school spirit. Go Bees!