After many, many long years, the construction at Delview is complete at last. We can finally rejoice in the conspicuous lack of dust, classrooms that smell like tar, tractors driving through the few of our hallways that aren't blocked off and classes that change rooms several times in one year. So what do we have to show for all of the trouble we've undergone? Well, there isn't much of the old Delview left to see.
To start with, our entire school is much safer thanks to the seismographic upgrading. We have a fancy new foyer with a snazzy modern office attached. Every hallway sports new lockers sans dents, rust and graffiti. Future scientists can enjoy the recently redone science classrooms, now complete with emergency equipment, gas valves, sinks and other such items. Our big gym is the best in our entire region and our small gym isn't half bad either; excepting, of course, the instances when the smell is so horrible it's nearly suffocating because the guys' gym class has just left. The drama studio has been relocated from Mrs. Hillman's English class into a huge new room that was built just for it, including a sound/lighting booth and an adjustable stage. Even the metalwork room has been updated. Finally, our old, circular library has been replaced with a bigger, rectangular one. It would be boring, but the blues and reds included in the colour scheme keep out the monotony that most libraries induce.
Whew. It's definitely a lot, but it took so long to get to this point that the changes seem almost gradual. A Delview without construction workers is hard to imagine, but right now it's the reality. Those guys deserve a lot of thanks. They've been there right from the beginning, and our school would not be what it is without them. At some point in the future, we may even have to thank them for the continuation of our lives. Who knows when an earthquake may occur that, had it been in the past, would have caused Delview to collapse on top of us?
Future students may not be aware of the magnitude of the changes that Delview has undergone. Hopefully, though, they'll at least be somewhat appreciative of just how much better our school is now.
