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- Champaign Central High School Class of 1983 unofficial website. Champaign Central High Schoo,l Class of 1983 25 year reunion, CHS 1983, Champaign Central, Central High School was constructed in 1953. An addition and extensive renovation was completed in the fall of 1998. Champaign High School, now Champaign Central High School, began serving the public in 1870. The present school site, 610 W. University Avenue, was donated by J.P. White to the public schools of Champaign in 1868 and has housed Central High School since 1956. During the 1963-64 school year, due to over-crowding approximately 300 students were assigned on a half-day basis to Jefferson Middle School. These students attended three academic classes at Jefferson plus three classes at the senior high school. During the 1965-66 school year, approximately 550 sophomores attended classes in the first phase of the Senior High School Annex. They attended classes on the same schedule as those at Champaign High School. The 1966-67 school year found an equal distribution of sophomore and junior students at both Champaign Senior High School and the Annex. So in 1968-69, the Champaign Board of Education officially established two district high schools, Central and Centennial. On April 1, 1997, the taxpayers of Champaign approved a bond issue that included an addition and extensive remodeling to Central High School. The main features of the new addition and remodeling were a large modern media center, a child development/day care center, foods laboratory, an expanded student services area, and three large state of the art biological science laboratories. An open house and dedication of the new facilities was held on September 13,1998. Central’s mascot is Max Maroon and the school colors are maroon and white. Central is also the first high school to win 500 football games and 1,000 basketball games in the nation. Central’s staff is proud of its safe and orderly learning environment. Central is a two time Recipient of the prestigious “Excellence in Education Award” sponsored by the United States Department of Education, the only high school outside of the Chicago area to be recognized on two different occasions.
