Media Contact: Lovett 202-343-7445
For Immediate Release: February 25, 1976

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today that a contract to construct additional school facilities for the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Gray Hill High School at Tuba City, Ariz., has been awarded to the Hunt Building Corporation, El Faso, Texas.

The $2.9 million contract requires the construction of' three dormitory wings, two annexes to the present gymnasium, a practical arts shop addition and a new student union.

The dormitory additions, when completed, will provide accommodations for 400 students.

The Gray Hill School was opened for freshmen students only in September, 1973 --with the other grades to be initiated in successive years. It serves students from both Navajo and Hopi communities.