(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) The cast sings during a performance of 'Singin' in the Rain' at Olympus High School Friday March 29, 2013.

When 1,550 Olympus High School students return from spring break Monday, theyll walk into their new $75 million building with rooms wired for advanced computer technology, spacious labs with the latest equipment and spaces that range from small spots to collaborate on projects to a 1,400-seat theater.

Once asbestos is removed from the old Olympus High, built in 1952, it will be demolished in late April, and construction will begin on Titan baseball and soccer fields and a building with a competition-size pool. Making the move now will allow sports teams now being bused to Skyline High for practices to begin playing in the fall.

Opening Olympus High

An open house to show the public the new Olympus High School will be held on Wednesday, April 17, starting at 6:30 p.m. The new school is located just north of the existing campus at 4055 South 2300 East.

Four Distinguished Alumni Recipients will be named and honored. For more details call the school at 385-646-5400.

Olympus Principal Mark Manning, who graduated from the school in 1976, plans to have an alumni room at the new building.

"Were working to bring whatever we can over here," Manning said this week in a sparsely furnished front office. "There has been a lot of mixed emotions for a lot of people."

The Granite School District one of the largest, and most diverse, districts in the state is using a voter-approved $256 million construction bond to build the new Olympus High in Holladay and a new Granger High in West Valley City, which will open in the fall. Granger High will add ninth-graders for the first time.

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