Ten-Year Community School Facilities Action Plan Lovejoy Elementary School Lovejoy Elementary School was built in 1972. Other projects are needed so that the school meets education standards in areas such as adequate classroom space including space for all-day kindergarten, wiring for computers, science labs, a library and a security system. Wilma Gajdel, the principal of Lovejoy Elementary School, states that space is very limited. An art room, a music room, an additional kindergarten room to accommodate all-day kindergarten, suitable storage space and planning space for teachers are all needed. The art teacher takes materials on a cart and teaches in 16 different classrooms.
Music is taught in a mobile classroom unit.
The teachers' lounge is currently used for piano and stringed-instrument lessons. Title I services, and another doubles as a book storage room. All classrooms, the main office, the lounge and most hallways are carpeted. There are many tears and worn spots in this carpet that have been repaired with tape to prevent people from tripping. That process will include a committee of parents, teachers, students, neighborhood residents and other community representatives, and school employees working with an architect to present a proposal to the board and the community.