Lee Williams High School is the second comprehensive high school in the town of Kingman, Arizona, operated by the Kingman Unified School District. It opened on August 9, 2012, a year later than originally planned.It is named for Richard Lee Williams, a former school principal and firefighter who died while fighting the Doxol disaster in 1973. The school mascot is the Volunteers.HistoryIn 1917, Mohave County Union High School opened at this site. It later became known as Kingman High School. In 1993, a new Kingman High School North campus was opened for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Freshmen attended the old ("South") school. As the population of Kingman continued to grow, Kingman North became the permanent high school. Kingman South was converted to White Cliffs Middle School. Kingman High, a campus built for 1,600 students, currently houses 2,059 students. This overcrowding necessitated a second high school.ConstructionAt the start of February 2010, workers began to gut the old White Cliffs. (The middle school moved to a brand new campus.) A $22 million, 17-month project thus began to convert, remodel, and update White Cliffs into a new, second comprehensive high school for Kingman. The main White Cliffs campus, or "Building A", was stripped of its wiring, plumbing, and wall panels. The cafeteria was demolished and replaced with a new one, and a new campus quad was installed. (The gymnasium, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, remains, but was complemented with a new auxiliary gym.) Asbestos removal (the only piece of the project not done by a local contractor) was also performed.
