onstruction around the school is wrapping up, as the second floor renovations are near completion.

The third floor was already renovated when the school opened its doors this school year.

Students and staff have eagerly awaited further renovations throughout the school, especially on the second floor.

The construction is expected to be completed by the beginning of the next school year.

Now with only the first floor in need of renovation, many say that the construction is progressing nicely.

“The new structure of the school is going to make students happy because they can get around better and the school looks nicer,” senior Danny Shaffer said.

Teachers agree.

“The environment is better, said Mrs. Maria Volino, language arts teacher. “It’s new looking and not so run down.”

Other parts of the school have been renovated as well, like the first floor bathrooms.

The bathroom renovations are most welcome to students.

“The best part of construction would probably be the bathrooms, and now I’ll actually use them,” junior Justin Sears said.

Most students approve of the construction, even if the renovations make it more difficult to get around the school.

“The construction makes going to class less convenient around the second floor, because everyone’s trying to go the same way. It’s hard to move around when an entire section is blocked off,” junior Erin Gomez said. “But it’s still pretty exciting, I like how everything’s changed.”

However, other students, particularly the upperclassmen, are a little less grateful for the much needed construction.

“I think it’s unfair that they’re doing construction in our senior year,” senior Taylor Gray said. “The renovations were needed years ago.”

Still, students who can look forward to their future high school years are appreciative of the restorations.

“It’s greater for students in years to come,”

freshman P.J. Parsons said. “They can fully enjoy the completion of the construction.”

Even so, the absence of open classrooms and makeshift walls adorned by dim lighting will be missed by some students and staff.

“I miss the open classrooms and the large group rooms. I don’t like the brightness too much either,” senior Terrell Smith said.

Some teachers will miss the openness also.

“I will always be sentimental,” Ms. Ambrose, math teacher said. “I never had walls in classrooms so I was used to it, but I like the new classrooms and I think the students enjoy them too.”

But junior Jason Yolitz sums up the overwhelming feeling most students and staff have about the school structure and the environment inside the school itself.

“The inside of Osbourn Park may change, but the spirit of the school will never end,” Yolitz said.