By Dylan Burg
Staff Writer Lakeridge Junior High School is a very run down school because of how old it is. The Middle School located in Lake Oswego, Oregon has been around for more than 50 years and because of its old age it has started to fall apart. As you can see from the picture above, there are many cracks in the school walls. this picture was taken by a local reporter in Mr. Kelly’s classroom. Cracks like these can cause leaks when it rains hard enough. Even the foundation of the school has started to collapse in on itself, the library used to have doors that lead into a very nice area with a bench and some trees and grass but It’s dangerous even to try to open one of the doors. With the dreaded Cascadia earthquake looming in the back of oregonian’s heads, these structural weaknesses can be a very serious risk. If the Cascadia earthquake were to happen before the new school is built and used then its very likely for the entire school’s foundation to collapse and kill many students. Many people have mixed feelings about the new school for reasons such as losing all the memories of when they went to Lakeridge or their kids went to Lakeridge and all of the sentimental value this school has. Ms. Stegar was quoted saying “I have mixed feelings about the new school because I went to school here and my kids went to school here, so I have sentimental attachment to Waluga Junior High (Lakeridge Junior High’s old name), but despite that I am still very excited about all the innovative ideas, the cleanliness, but most of all the safety.” Stegar is definitely not alone on that standpoint. In conclusion, the new school will have a huge amount of benefits. At the same time it will have some downsides for people losing the middle school that they went to. Even though the new school will have its ups and downs the general population believes that the benefits outweigh the downsides by a huge amount. Comments are closed.
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October 2018
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