John H. Pitman High School, colloquially Pitman High School (PHS), is the second comprehensive high school located in Turlock, in the heart of the northern San Joaquin Valley in the U.S. state of California. It is situated in a transitional agrarian/suburban community and serves most of the northern part of Turlock, as well as the nearby CDP of Keyes. John H. Pitman consists of a 45-acre campus.[3]
In the 1990s Turlock High School was overcrowded. In 1998 the Turlock community approved a bond measure, to build a new school named after John H. Pitman, a teacher and principal from Turlock High School.[4] Ground was broken for the construction project in late 1997.[citation needed]
A dedication ceremony on Saturday, August 10, 2002, was attended by over 1,000 students.[4]
Stadium scandal
The development of Pitman High School, introduced in 2002, was built without the intentions to house a stadium, alternatively sharing Turlock High School's Joe Debely Field. With further developments of the school coming to completion, notably TID's integration of lighting,[5] Turlock Lions Club and their scoreboard,[6] as well as 2019's addition of an all surface Track and field renovation + AstroTurfAmerican football field[7] further pushes the current motive to bring a home to the campus. The surrounding towns (or communities), such as Hilmar, California, Modesto, California, and Ceres, California currently have or have planned construction of their own independent fields and stadiums based in their surrounding campus. Modesto City Schools released a goal towards a project that would set a date on constructing a stadium in almost every High School by 2038, which was passed by voters in 2022 and was named Bond Measures L.[8]
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