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i 3 ¥ 3 2 is ssm— i Schools Superintendent Dr. Bob McRae chats with work remodeled to house the Kings Mountain District Schools III. II moving day will be about Labor Day. Central renovations near completion by CHUCK BRIDGES Summer Intern When the Central School build- ing was constructed in 1933, it was put together pretty well, said Kings Mountain School Superintendent Bob McRae. The building is being renovated and will become the new home of the district offices. The current facilities are inade- quate; McRae said. "The Director of Student Services is operating out of what amounts to a large closet. We don't have any room at all; we're on top of each other." For instance, five finance peo- ple are working out of one class- room, he said, but they will have a suite of offices in the new building. Or rather in the new old build- ing. "One of the things we've tried to do is keep it looking like it did when it was a school building in the early 30s," McRae said. He said the plaster walls were kept instead of putting in sheetrock, and the new doors were made to resemble the old doors. Some of the hardwood floors were repaired, but most of the building will be carpeted instead to keep cost down. The $901,000 project will near- ly triple the space available to the district administration. They cur- ‘rently have about 11,000 square feet of space, and will have 30,000 in the Central building. Renovation includes a new roof, new mechanical and electrical sys- tems, new plumbing, plaster, paint and carpet. A sprinkler system was | installed, and an elevator is planned to make the building hand- icapped accessible. All renovation is in the area where the classrooms were, McRae said. No renovation is planned for the auditorium area or the gymna- sium. The gym and other facilities will probably be available to the community for use. "We want to make the facilities something the community can not only be proud of, but use as well," McRae said. The old library is being made into a workspace and teacher cen- ter. McRae said it also may be used to store equipment that would be too expensive for individual schools to have, but would be good for the system to own. "What we've done is taken classrooms and turned them into offices," he said. One such office that was sorely needed is space for the state stan- dardized test grading and storing. McRae said the state gives districts the equipment and they grade the men in the old Central School which is being Administrative offices. McRae estimated that tests themselves, and the equip- ment is now jammed in the old of- fices. McRae said the job was sched- uled to be done the first of August, but now he is hoping for comple- tion around Labor Day. . But the renovation is benefiting the community already, McRae said. Of the five major contractors involved in the project, two are from Kings Mountain, and one oth- er is from Cleveland County, he said. reminder of the district's history, both as a structure and a receptacle. "For a lot of people in town, ev- ery year they were in school, was here," McRae said. That history and nostalgia will find a place in the new administra- tive offices. One room on the main floor is not needed for office space, and McRae said he hopes to make it a place for things relating to the school system--the Kings Mountain Hall of Fame plaques, for instance. He also said a year- book from every year would be a good addition. "We feel there is a good bit of stuff out in the community that people would be willing to con- tribute to have in a safe place, where people could come to see it and learn about the school system." 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