The ceiling leaks, plaster lands on the circulation desk, fuses blow, electrical outlets are limited, and once a lab was closed when bricks tumbled out of the chimney on the roof above. In 1985 the program was traditional , appropriate for the buildings. Winona Middle School occupies two buildings, the oldest is over 80 years old.
Students cross the street several times a day as they move between the east and west buildings.
Several referendums have been held to build a new school, but community indecision keeps us in buildings seen as adequate by a majority of the voters. But we've done it, achieving far more than we ever imagined possible. You can eat an entire elephant if you eat it one piece at a time. An elephant always sits on my computer, a continual inspiration and reminder that change and progress are possible. When the principal who hired me to make change, suggested turning a former stage into a computer lab we began a massive weeding, rearranging and getting rid of junk project.