Forest Hills Central High School Juniors Paulie Erickson and Annaliese Hoffmann sat in the renovated Central High School library, working on equations for a dual enrollment class. “It’s a good workspace,” Paulie said about the library. “It’s nice to have a place to go where you can stay motivated on what you are doing.” The library space was renovated this past school year as part of a $340 million bond issue passed in 2023.
Librarian Jaye Jelier said the space has been opened up, with the entrances expanded to one each on the south, north and west sides of the library. “Before it seemed so dark and sad,” Annaliese said. “Now I come in here to work, and teachers are coming in here. “It’s just easier to work here, because you have more space. There are rooms with whiteboards, which are fun to write on as you try to work out your math equations.”
To learn more about the renovation of this common space at Forest Hills Central High School, read the full article written by School News Network titled, “First Year in Transformed Central High Library Gets High Marks.”
