11/30/08 04:04 PM |
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Christine Pestridge
Saturday tour at MHS. We had a few of us (small, but elite) show up at 1 o'clock. The good part of being so few, the custodian available to us let us sneak into the library and the band room (which were locked). Shhh, don't tell anyone.
The library (now the media center of course) has changed a great deal. We did not see many books in the main room, at least half the space is devoted to PC stations. However, the space has been expanded back for some books. This was my home away from home in high school. As we left the area there was a picture of an unidentified older woman. I think it was the librarian back in our day - anyone remember her name? (Jeopardy theme here.)
About half the first floor old A hallway is converted into computer classrooms and a computer lab. There's a Security office, now 3 vice principals, and the principal's office is moved across and down the hall in the old Guidance office. We went through the new A hallway built to ADA regs with wider halls, shorter, wider lockers, elevators, etc.
The new athletic center (about 1.5 years old) is quite impressive. The weight room looks awesome, and for those who have not heard, there are two gyms, not one. The older wooden floored gym (ours) is used by the girls and brought back a lot of memories for me (not pleasant for this couch potato). The newer state of the art, impact resistance floor gym is for the boys --- WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TITLE IX AND EQUALITY FOR GIRLS!!! Sorry. I've gotten off my soap box.
The tennis courts were in full use and boys and girls basketball practice was finished while we were there. We decided not to hit all the halls, just few highlights. We wondered how kids manage to get from one end of the building to another between classes. I don't think they allow inline skates or scooters. I did notice in the new gym some of the tan and blue gym mats I remember from 30 years ago. Some things have not changed.
Sorry you missed it if you wanted to be there, but I understand that the majority did not. When I told my niece, the freshman, where I had been earlier, her response was, "I'm sorry for you" and then "Why?" Spoken like a true high school student. Signing off for now.
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