A crowd gathered in front of building six on a sunny Valentines Day as Larry Franzella, the mayor of San Bruno, Skyline’s president, the head of the student body, and other benefactors cut the ribbon to the new building.”Today is the celebration of the eye popping transformation of our new buildings,” Victoria Morrow, Skyline’s president said. She boasts about the achievements of the first Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that produced a new building 6, which contains a fully functional cafeteria, bookstore, and community center. “I am surprised about the degree of difference it made…more students and faculty in and out of the building,” Morrow says about the new building.She also expresses her pride for seismic renovations for buildings 7 and 7A, which house modern classrooms for biology, geology, microbiology and many more sciences.Morrow adds that Skyline’s new buildings are the first in the district to have had a construction process in which builders and architects worked in unison, rather than parting ways after planning had been completed, resulting in a timely project completion.She also gave credit and thanks to the board of trustees, the districts’ facilities and operations department, the bond oversight committee and students for the completion of the new constructions.”The exciting part is at the end, to see the buildings make a difference,” according to Jeff Gee, one of the many architects who designed the new building and the renovation of others. One of his loves is seeing a testament to a job well done. Gee says he enjoyed this particular project and he believes that the students of Skyline are the future. He also joked about the younger generation paying for his social security when he retires. “It is the culmination of such an enormous effort by everyone,” said Sandy Irber, of Skyline’s development, marketing and public relations department, as well as the coordinator of the ribbon cutting. “It’s a job well done by all,” she adds. Performers were stationed at different locations of the new buildings to welcome the visitors of Skyline. A lion dance by the Hung-Sing Guing-Fu Club was performed in front of building six for good luck, a traditional Philippine musical performance inside building six and B&B in the box, and a trumpet duo performed inside the main entrance of building eight were the main attractions of the ribbon cutting. Dave Mandelkern, a member of the board of trustees was stunned by the new buildings and describes them as fabulous. “I only wish we had it [the buildings] sooner,” he adds. Mandelkern was also surprised how committed students were on the improving their school by voluntarily paying $10 in their tuition to help fund the buildings. “It’s just great to work with Skyline’s students, faculty and staff to make our vision into fruition, but there is a lot more to come,” said Linda de Silva, executive director of the district’s construction planning and facilities transition. The celebrations of Skyline may have been brief but there are more things to come in the near future because of a second Capital Improvement Plan that has already been started.