MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL Cybersecurity classroom and administration building

Anaheim Union High School District | Anaheim, CA

Size:

35,500 SF

Cost:

$30.3 M

Timeline:

2020 - 2024

Team:

PRINCIPALS:

Steve Johnson, Jim Favaro

PROJECT ARCHITECT:

Jim Favaro

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL:

Kathy Williams

DESIGN ASSOCIATES:

Ryan Ekstrom, Kevin Nicholson, Pengju Hou


The first high school program in cyber security in the United States was established at Magnolia High School within the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) in Anaheim, CA in 2016. The high school campus has officially earned designation as a “Center of Excellence” which allows the school to further build on its cyber security program in association with corporate partners (such as Tesla, IBM and Ford) by developing other programs in the areas of artificial intelligence, robotics, high tech manufacturing, electrical vehicles and alternative node energy production and storage.

The district initially engaged Johnson Favaro to create a master plan for new facilities that will accommodate all of these programs on campus as well as other pressing facilities needs such as a general purpose classrooms, a performing arts center, and administration. The first phase of the master plan includes new administration facilities, general purpose classrooms, and new cyber security instructional facilities. The second phase includes a multipurpose auditorium with flat floor capability.