On June 7, 2008, Chabot families, friends and neighbors gathered to celebrate the school's 80th anniversary, and to bid adieu to the old campus in anticipation of phase one construction getting under way. Here are a few images from the event provided by photographer Michael Mages.

All images copyright Michael Mages - 2008
Principal Jonathan Mayer welcomes the crowd and talks about the construction ahead.				Cindy Wilson presents a special service award to former Chabot parent Ron Kriss.
Above: OUSD School Board Director Kerry Hammill addresses the crowd. Right: Chabot alumna Chiyo Nakamoto (class of 1939) poses with a group of current Chabot students.
					Chabot parent Michael Bettendorf destroys an old playground bench with a sledgehammer, symbolizing the groundbreaking of the campus improvement project.
A piñata shaped like a portable classroom gave children a chance to do their own groundbreaking demolition.
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