During the early months of the 2024-2025 school, students and staff returned from summer break with the south wing of Warren Hall under construction.
The classes located in the construction zone had to move to the Griffith field portables in Gleaners Field temporarily for the fall semester, but the completion of the south wing has allowed them all to return to their rooms.
Teachers have expressed a variety of opinions about their newly renovated classrooms.
“Everything is great!” Marisela Gonzalez, a BHS Spanish teacher, said.
It was noted that there were less accessible power outlets in the rooms after the renovation, but instructors like Gonzalez are determined to make it work.
The focus for many teachers as they move back in and get their rooms set up is to make the space feel more lively again.
“Everything looks clean, but it also looks very bland” Katie Brewer, also a BHS Spanish teacher, said.
Brewer is working on decorating the space and making it feel like her own again. As most students know, it is each teacher’s individual styles and decor that make the rooms feel so special– and no one expects these rooms to seem “bland” for long.
Chris Crane is one of many teachers looking forward to adding his own personal flair to the seemingly brand-new room.
“I love everything about this room! I just need to decorate it a bit more,” Crane, a BHS English teacher, said.
Along with the renovated classrooms and hallways, the reopening of the south wing has seen the addition of a new entry point. An additional door with ramp access was added on the western wall and will give students and staff another way to enter via the lowest floor.
The renovations will continue with the middle wing, as those classes have now been temporarily relocated to the portables. These rooms are currently estimated to be reopened by the end of the spring semester. This will allow construction to move to the northern wing, and will also create a similar additional entryway into the building.
This is a developing story.
