My parents met here at Hutto School in the high school. My mother's brothers and sister attended Hutto ISD. My sister and myself graduated from Hutto ISD in 1966. Hutto ISD was a big part of my life, 12 years worth. Please enjoy the Hippo artwork slideshow at the bottom of this page.
This picture was taken in 1967. No wonder the elementary, jr. high, and high school classes were in the same building. By 2013, things sure did change.
I think the gymnasium was built after my parents graduated. There was a breezeway with glass on both sides joining the new building with the old building. The breezeway had the soda and vending machines. They also had locked glass tropy cases. The first set of windows had the typing room. That was a fun class. The next set of windows was the classroom for government, history and civics classes. Now, those windows are blocked with brick and the breezeway has no glass on both sides, been closed up.
Here is a picture of the old school lunchroom. It now is gone, was torn down. My mother worked here for years. She was the lunchroom manager. See the swings? When I was in the first grade, I felt so grown up swinging on those swings. They could swing so high, couple times I got scared. I could have killed myself, for swinging up so high.
I had FHA Future Homemakers of America in the left side of the building in the second picture. This building is still there but has been boarded up with siding and looks completely different. They had 3 little kitchens where we had cooking lessons. The classroom had sewing machines and we had to sew outfits. Right side of the building was the bandhall. I was in the band, starting in the sixth grade so I spent alot of time in that classroom. Notice that the building is on a hill. The first time that mom and dad let me use the car I stoped and parked out front by the bandhall and forgot to put the car in park. So when I got out, the car started to roll down the hill backwards. I had to race and jump in car so it would not crash down the hill. Down the hill was the big bus garage. I never told anybody about this, especially my parents.
I had FHA Future Homemakers of America in the left side of the building in the second picture. This building is still there but has been boarded up with siding and looks completely different. They had 3 little kitchens where we had cooking lessons. The classroom had sewing machines and we had to sew outfits. Right side of the building was the bandhall. I was in the band, starting in the sixth grade so I spent alot of time in that classroom. Notice that the building is on a hill. The first time that mom and dad let me use the car I stoped and parked out front by the bandhall and forgot to put the car in park. So when I got out, the car started to roll down the hill backwards. I had to race and jump in car so it would not crash down the hill. Down the hill was the big bus garage. I never told anybody about this, especially my parents.
Here is a picture of my mother Edith Mae Townsend Nygrin. She is standing at one of the big school windows. The school did not have any air conditioning. Even, in 1966 there was no a/c. The school had huge windows that were opened all day. When you are young, you really don't suffer that much without a/c. She was happy at Hutto ISD, after all that is where she met my dad, her husband.
Here is a picture of my mom Edith Mae Townsend Nygrin. She is standing, 2nd person on the left. See the huge school windows. That was our a/c. Now, those huge windows have been partially bricked up to save energy, since the school now has a/c.
My mother could not stay away from the school. See the above lunchroom picture? She worked there as the lunchroom manager for several years. It was a hard job, lifting heavy objects. Years later she blamed and joked that this job caused her arthritis.
My mother was famous for her huge yeast rolls. The school got free butter from the government. That butter and those rolls was a meal in itself. This photo was taken around 1965, when I was a Junion in High School.