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RSSBeyond disputes, kids keen on new school
By Lauren Martiello
Issue date: 10/26/07 Section: News
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The current school sits on the corner of Brodhead and West Packer avenues and will be knocked down to become the new middle school's football field.
The new middle school will face West Morton Street and will extend from Vine Street to Brodhead Avenue.
Many of the students are excited for the new building.
Barry Temple, an eighth-grade student at Broughal, will not get to attend the new school, but thinks it is a great thing for the younger students, including his brother, Louie Temple, who is in sixth grade. The students in sixth grade, like Louie Temple, will be the first class of eighth-grade students to graduate from the new Broughal Middle School.
"I think Broughal needs this," Barry Temple said. "It's not well kept ? it's dirty, unsanitary and could use a makeover."
Tim Schomaker, a sixth-grade teacher at the school, agrees.
"This school is 100 years old," Schomaker said. "Compared to the other schools in the area, Broughal is just not as modern."
Justin Rodriguez, a sixth-grade student, is mostly excited to have his grade be the oldest students in the new Broughal.
"We are going to be the bosses of the new school," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez is also excited about the new school's air conditioning.
"The current building is too old to have air conditioning," sixth-grade student Elijah Newton said.
Newton said the heat works well in Broughal and hopes the new middle school will be warm in the winter.
Johnny Soto, a seventh-grade student, is excited about the new football field.
