The Fire A fire swept through the upper levels of Churchlands Senior High School in the early hours of Monday morning, 26th of May 1997. The fire completely destroyed about 10 classrooms and left 12 others with extensive smoke and water damage.
Uncertainty still exists about the structural stability of the remaining buildings.
In addition to the classrooms, many offices, storerooms and staffrooms were gutted. No estimate has been placed on the loss of resources and other intellectual property. Many teachers lost resources accumulated over 30 years of teaching. The Mathematics, English, Languages and Art departments were completely destroyed along with all their teaching resources, records, computers and personal property. Administration, Business Studies, Social Studies and Biology also suffered damage with classrooms and offices unavailable due to water damage and unsafe conditions.