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Gaither time capsule opened

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 9, 2009

NORTHDALE - The red Igloo cooler that housed loot from Gaither High's inaugural year, 1984-85, was opened Aug. 22 before a crowd of alumni, teachers and school staff.

Inside were signed baseballs, softballs and shoes from athletic teams, newspaper clippings, a Starettes cowboy hat and other memorabilia.

The unveiling happened during the school's 25th anniversary celebration in the cafeteria.

The $12 million building opened in 1984 and enrolled 1,912 students, with no senior class for its first year. Ron Allen served as principal.

The cooler, which was supposed to be buried, instead spent the past 25 years in a vault inside the school. A Tampa Tribune clipping from 1985 says it was supposed to be opened in 2005, for the 20th anniversary. But no one remembered at the time.

Other items inside the capsule included a school roster, printed from a dot-matrix printer; programs and autographs showing who was involved in what activities; a VHS tape from the science department; and a floppy disk from the math department.

A staff report

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