"A younger generation can go forward only if it begins, not where its fathers began, but where they finished . . . . The public school presents, in effect, a conducted tour to the frontiers of present knowledge, after which the student must break his own trail into the unknown . . . . is my high honor and privilege to dedicate West Valley High School . . . in the name of those goals to whose service a public school should most fittingly be dedicated . . . to truth, to freedom, and to equality." the late-1980s and early 1990s, a performing arts center was built as well as an addition to the cafeteria. A few years later, a pool, satellite gymnasium, and another classroom wing were added to the campus. During the 2005-2006 school year, a photovoltaic system was installed in order to offset the energy costs in a very high-cost area of Shasta County.