Mural details

The mural’s design will depict the original campus in 1981 and show where the school began. Being the school’s first year, every club, program and sports team had just been formed. It was a new experience for students and teachers alike, and everyone had to work through it, fitting that year’s yearbook theme of “Getting It Together.”

Pictures of the old campus look almost unrecognizable compared to today. When the school opened, Flower Mound was still developing and was mainly farmland. Morriss Road was only two lanes, trees were smaller and the nearby houses hadn’t been built. Inside, the school was just four hallways and a library. Construction workers were a constant presence. The building was hot the first few weeks because it didn’t have air conditioning yet, and every window had to be kept shut to keep out loud moos from the nearby cows.

“It was like they put a school in the middle of a horse pasture,” Assistant Principal Kyle Smith said.

The design of the mural will also include two specific prominent people of the time, Larry Sigler, the first principal and Edward S. Marcus, the school’s namesake.

Smith is in charge of the written bios of Sigler and Marcus that will be placed on the mural. Smith worked with Sigler, who passed away in 2015 and said that he did everything to help the students.

“He made sure between every passing period, he was out there in the halls, high fiving kids and asking their names,” Smith said. “I think you’d be surprised if we could rewind the tape. He knew so many kids by first name.”

The campus is noticeably different today with the addition of the 9th grade campus, the football stadium and lack of cow pastures. Though so much has changed, Skelton believes aspects of that first year have still remained.

“Academic achievement has always been something very important to our community but also to our students,” Skelton said. “They take great pride in the work they do in the classroom and setting themselves up for a great future.”