Oklahoma City mayor David Holt stood in the remade Heronville Elementary School media center and reminded the assembled dignitaries, school officials and sixth-graders what the Big 12 Conference had not donated to the school just southwest of downtown OKC.
Athletic equipment.
“The Big 12 is a collection of educational institutions,” Holt said. “The library is a most fitting recognition of that.”
And then Holt asked for a student volunteer. Up popped Roselin Valdez. Holt handed her a book, took one himself and christened the new library by standing with Valdez before falling backwards onto a giant beanbag adorned with Big 12 logos.