the stage. In the upper portion of the auditorium there is a lounge and spot light access. The Commons is the area in which students of Western High and Middle school eat, although is separated into areas for them. It consists of a small vending area a corner store that students can buy school supplies and snacks from. There are also two lunch lines on each end of the common which are shared by the Western High and middle school students which sometimes can cause problems with shared lunch periods between the schools. A trophy case is in the hallway at the front of the commons. High school students have an open campus lunch due to the sharing of the commons with the middle school. The upper and lower gym are located next to the commons as of which there are two entrances from the commons. Access to the locker rooms are also provided. Through the locker rooms there is a pool that can be reached from other points in the building such as the "190's hallway" above the gym. The pool area is connected to three separate rooms, and contains an emergency exit door. Of the three separate rooms, two are changing rooms (one for females, the other for males.) , and the other is a storage room. The pool ranges from 4 to 10.5 feet deep, and has 6 lanes. It is used for swimming tournaments and practice for the western swim team, and for the swim unit in their P.E. classes. The pool also has diving boards and blocks. There are bleachers for the students and/or athletes, or spectators watching the swim team. The "190's hallway" consists of middle school and the economics class. There are access points to the pool, gym, and school grounds in this hallway. The "190's hallway" has lockers against its walls and are used by high school and middle school students. Some students think the "190's hallway" can be used to skip classes due to its distance away from the main classes and little student traffic. There is also a set of bathrooms that are always locked due to little traffic and vandalism. The Bay City Western Football Stadium is commonly referred to as "The Cornfield" due to its close proximity to various farm fields around Auburn. The Bay City Western Marching Band also performs a "train" routine where they begin in