INDIANAPOLIS — Herron High School has received a major gift commitment from Steve and Livia Russell toward its $5.3 million capital campaign. The announcement was made at a reception Oct. 26 honoring the couple’s commitment and taking the campaign public. In honor of their generosity, the Museum building will be renamed Steve and Livia Russell Hall.
The school’s “Rebuilding the Past for the Future” capital campaign is in support of renovation and restoration plans for the school, located at 110 East 16th St. Funds go toward renovation and restoration of the Main building and the Fesler building. The buildings were once the John Herron Art Institute and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Exceptionally high demand for a Herron High School education has outstripped the capacity of the physical facilities. The school has an enrollment of nearly 700 students. School officials say close to 100 percent of Herron High School students graduate and a high percentage have been accepted into colleges since the school’s founding.