It’s been pretty ob­vi­ous lately that RCHS is un­der­go­ing some changes. Some of you may ask some ques­tions such as, “Why?” and more specif­i­cally, “Why do it while we are in school?”

I sat down with Mr. Mes­simer to find out what was go­ing to be done, and when:

EN: Why are the changes happening?

JM: This school is go­ing to be­come Rhea County Mid­dle School af­ter we move into the new high school. In or­der for that to hap­pen though, some changes and ren­o­va­tions are go­ing to be nec­es­sary to pro­vide the best en­vi­ron­ment for the students.

EN: So why are these chang­ing go­ing on right now dur­ing school?

JM: We are sched­uled to be go­ing through some mi­nor ren­o­va­tions for now. On May 30th, how­ever, we are go­ing to be go­ing into full swing. We plan on do­ing the main aca­d­e­mic build­ing this sum­mer and then the CTE build­ing next summer.

EN: When are these ren­o­va­tions sched­uled to be finished?

JM: We plan on hav­ing the main build­ing fin­ished with ren­o­va­tions by mid July this summer.

EN: What all will these ren­o­va­tions be affecting?

JM: We will have new floor­ing, en­ergy ef­fi­cient lights, new paint, and a sprin­kler system.

EN: Will the class­rooms be made to look sim­i­lar to Mr. Austin’s room?

JM: Yes but, the floor­ing will be dif­fer­ent de­pend­ing on what Mr. Key­lon selects.

EN: So I as­sume that Mr. Key­lon will be the principal—have any other of­fi­cials been chosen?

JM: No, we don’t have any other of­fi­cials se­lected be­sides him.

EN: What schools will be at­tend­ing this one af­ter we leave for the new one?

JM: Cur­rently, the plan is for Rhea Central’s 6th, 7th, and 8th grade stu­dents will to move here once the new high school is completed.

EN: Ren­o­va­tions on the CTE build­ing be done dur­ing the next school year or will it post­poned un­til to­wards the end like this year?

JM: Ren­o­va­tions are sched­uled to start at the be­gin­ning of May just like they did this year.