Tupelo High School construction students building tiny house
A tiny house is providing Tupelo High School students a chance to learn on-the-job skills.
Posted: Apr 20, 2021 9:27 AM
Posted By: Alexis Jones
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - A tiny house is providing Tupelo High School students a chance to learn on-the-job skills.
They began building the house last year, but the onset of the pandemic halted construction.
Tupelo High School construction students. Photo Date: April 2021
Tupelo High School construction students. Photo Date: April 2021
Construction teacher Scott Bridges said once he and his students complete the project, they will sell it. The money will go toward building a new one.
TUPELO â¢Â Roughly a year after the pandemic indefinitely delayed construction on Tupelo High School s tiny house, students are now back to work on the project.
Construction first began in Jan. 2020, and although bad weather and preparation for state testing (which ultimately didn t happen that year), construction teacher Scott Bridges was optimistic that the house would be completed by May 2020.
Little did he know, students and teachers wouldn t return from spring break that next week. Sometimes we have to pause
Mississippi reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 11, 2020 â just two days after the Daily Journal published an article about the tiny house progress.