The new all-purpose assembly room will be available for school, district and community activities. Project manager John Read (left) demonstrates its computer-controlled electrical system. A ramp makes the stage handicapped-accessible.

Some of the original hardwood floors in classrooms, which date back to the 1930s, can be saved and redone. Others suffered extensive water damage. There were two arson fires in 1980 in the section of the building being renovated and reopened.