And yes, the grounds are nicely transformed.  Alumni Plaza, the new area out front you’re talking about, was quite well done, though some of the bricks are a bit more mausoleal than one might like.  Three generations of my family are apparently buried there, including me.

The thing that I find most depressing about it, though, was that the thing had to be financed by independent fundraising, and that those doing the fundraising focused on the school’s exterior.  I’m seriously thinking of writing the alumni association and inquiring about starting an annual fund for the school to use for actual physical plant improvments.

In contrast, though, the grounds were quite nicely transformed.  The thing about the new landscaping that Chip B. and I found funny were the plaques commemorating those who had donated money for the landscaping - in all seriousness they looked like grave markers!  Chip asked me (rather tongue-in-cheek) if I, too, wanted to be buried on the BRHS grounds.  Uh, no thanks.