For anyone who has visited the school - as the editorial board did last month - the need for replacement is obvious. Buckets sit in the gymnasium bleachers to catch leaks from the roof. Extension cords stretch across classrooms to provide power to sections where the outlets no longer function. Kids must navigate a maze of hallways and inclines to get to different parts of the building.
The building operates with a sewage lift station, which has failed in the past, and could cause severe health issues should it fail while school is in session. Classrooms are half the size they should be for proper learning. This small size forced the district to use more hybrid learning during the pandemic to follow social-distancing recommendations.