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 the achievements of the first Capital Achievement Program (CIP) that produced a new building 6, containing 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 the builders and architects worked in unison, rather than parting ways after planning has been completed, resulting in a timely project completion.

She also gave credit and thanks to the board of trustees, the district’s facilities an operations department, the bond oversight committee and students for the completion of the new constructions.

“The exiting 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. He explains that 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 and afterwards, 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 and 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 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, trumpet duo also 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 on 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 in to 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.