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Show New walls, doors, carpet, roof at PG Junior High nearly completed Students are working around the builders and the builders are working around the students at Pleasant Grove Junior High School these days. Permanent walls are being built floor to ceiling to enclose classrooms around the media center area. N n i . : ! 1 ll I il -. l.',- if : . . , . , I " , ' . ... ! The school was originally built with an open classroom idea. The school's present administration had asked the Alpine School board to close in the classrooms so that there would be less interference in-terference from class to class. Principal Steven Baugh has said that a fil m being shown in one room could easily be heard in adjacent rooms, making it distracting for students and teachers alike. The construction is scheduled to be completed com-pleted by Nov. 1. For the most part the workmen have been in the building after school or on weekends to minimize the disturbance. distur-bance. All new stud permanent per-manent walls will be carpeted to dull noises. Moveable walls will stay as they are. Glen Clark, faculty member and acting vice-principal while Robert Hansen is recovering from open heart surgery, said that both teachers and students are excited about the change. He added that students deserve credit because they have carried on in spite of the construction. con-struction. He noted that the constructors have been good to work after school and on weekends. In addition themiddle section of the roof is being redone to eliminate leaks. Mr. Clark said that they are building up over the expansion joints to promote proper runoff of water. The repairs to the roof should be completed this week. Visitors to the school will be surprised at the difference the construction con-struction of permanent walls has made to the appearance of the media center area a 1 1 he school. NEW PERMANENT STUD WALLS being erected at Pleasant IZZTT High are carpeted to dull sounds and add to appearance nf h. I Teacher Glen Clark stands in the doorway. Duil( |