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Bluebag Media
Construction going
well; staff delighted with changes
GREENVILLE – Greenville High School’s getting a new look almost daily…
somewhat noticeable on the outside; obvious in certain inside
locations. The business office has a bright, cheery look thanks to
installation of new windows. Greenville Schools Superintendent Doug
Fries was pleased they were finished, noting the staff was also happy
about it.
Assistant Principal Dave Torrence was delighted with his office… He
pointed to the windows. “Before, it could be 20 degrees outside but
with the sun streaming in the windows, 80 degrees inside.” Referring to
some of the rooms on the second floor that had been remodeled, he said,
“I used to walk upstairs and by the time I came back down I’d be
sweating.”
Climate control (and the new windows) makes the difference, he noted.
“It’s a beautiful thing!”
Jon McGreevey, GSD Career Technology and Business Operations Director,”
showed a few of the areas completed, or nearing completion. “The HVAC
system was the big operation over the summer,” McGreevey said. It
required an electrical upgrade, with a small room devoted exclusively
to housing it. “When it’s complete individual rooms will be computer
controlled from a single location.” The system was already in operation
in some areas, including the administrative offices and several of the
classrooms.
Mrs. Huffman’s art class was one of them. Students were working
comfortably in a climate-controlled room. Music rooms had a new look…
storage areas for equipment, acoustical tiling, climate control.
Students were working quietly in a remodeled study hall with the stage
removed…
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