Bolingbrook High School,
Bolingbrook, IL

Type: PK-12 Education, LEED Projects

Valley View School District 365U has benefited from Wight & Company’s integrated services delivery approach for several projects over 10 years, many of which have received significant awards. Using a sole source integrated approach Wight designed and built the new Bolingbrook High School, a facility consisting of two separate academic houses and a naturally-lit concourse that cascades down a 28-foot site elevation change.  Numerous features stand out on this project, including an auditorium for 910 guests, flexible student-centered commons spaces, and the designation as the first school in Illinois to be LEED® Certified.

Project highlights include:

> Student capacity of 3500

> Dedicated classrooms for business, English, social studies, math, special education and foreign language

> Science, family and consumer science, industrial technology labs

> School-wide wireless network connection

> Auditorium for 910 guests with separate entrance for community events

> Competition gym with seating for 2000

> Natural light in 90% of learning spaces

> Awards for Bolingbrook H.S.
-  2006 LEED Certification, U.S. Green Building Council
(first school in Illinois to be certified)
- 2005 Gold Award - Best of the Block, Excellence in Masonry,
Illinois Indiana Masonry Council
- 2005 Merit Award Finalist, New Construction Suburbs,
Chicago Building Congress
- 2004 Award of Distinction for Excellence in the Design of Educational Environments, Illinois Association of School Boards