A general view of 1 of 2 identical, grades 9 through 12, science labs. They need to be upgraded, including required technology, such as computers and interactive television. Grades 7 and 8 need a similar facility to be meet the curriculum requirements that are standard in most other Michigan schools.
Storage facilities are required with a lab. A year's worth of science curriculum equipment takes up a lot of room. A book, desk and blackboard is not enough, today.
Like the science labs, the chemistry lab needs the addition of computers, interactive television and a general overhaul, to meet current course requirements and those of the foreseeable future.
This a view of the science classroom for grades 7 and 8. To provide "hands on" training, on par with most similar Michigan schools, requires another science lab similar to those for grades 9 through 12.
This view of the grades 7 and 8 science classroom, along with the other view, shows the virtual absence of lab facilities required for an education that extends far beyond "book work" alone. If children are denied an opportunity to better themselves in this life, you s'pose they get the opportunity in the next?
This stout and venerable building, the original high school gym built in 1918, has outlived its usefulness. Its use for storage is excess to the school district's needs, and the cost of demolition, for green space or parking, increases at a rate that far exceeds its value for storage. It is time to dispose of it, with a tear.