The Beaverton School District pulled locker No. 1241 from the original Beaverton High School and surprised two 1984 graduates with it Thursday, Sept. 24. Interior demolition crews had already begun tearing out the century-old building.

Christine and Robert Huseby started dating during their senior year in 1983. Locker 1241 was where they met between classes, left each other notes and, in one case, a chocolate chip cookie.

"He left me a chocolate chip cookie with a note when we very first started going out," Christine Huseby told KPTV. "That's the cookie story!"

Robert was a basketball star. Christine was a bookworm who won the 1984 Outstanding Senior Home Economics Award.

They married, raised two daughters and settled in Nehalem. Christine's father, her grandfather and both daughters are also Beaverton High alumni.

The couple visited locker 1241 one last time during a May 17 alumni tour that drew more than 400 people. They thought that was goodbye.

Jeff Hamman, senior project manager for the district, saw KPTV's coverage of that tour and decided to pull the locker before demolition crews reached it. The Husebys' daughter Rebecca helped set up the surprise, convincing her parents to drive into town without telling them why.

When Christine learned what was waiting, she gasped. Robert went straight to work trying to crack the combination. The couple said they hope to pass the locker down to future generations.

The original Beaverton High School dates to 1916. It is the district's oldest school and its only high school rated below "Collapse Prevention" for earthquake safety, KPTV reported in May. Voters approved a $253 million bond in 2022 to replace it.

Students moved into the new 300,000-square-foot campus on SW Farmington Road in August. The building came in on time and under budget, The Oregonian reported, and serves about 1,400 students.

Interior demolition of the old building is already underway. Structural demolition is expected to begin in November, starting on the Southwest Stott Street side and moving toward Southwest Erickson Avenue. Full demolition is expected by February or March 2027, according to KPTV.

The district's bond program page says sidewalks on both streets will close during the work, with pedestrian detours in place. New parking lots and landscaping are set to follow, with the full project expected to wrap up by July 2027.