The Washington Irving Elementary School building in Waverly is located 2 blocks from our house. It was the home of all the 5th & 6th graders in the district. The building was severely damaged during the flood of 2008 and has to be torn down. Work began this week, and with the beautiful weather we have checked out how things are progressing almost every day. It is quite amazing to watch and the kids are fascinated. Emily refers to it as "the church falling down" because of the tall bell tower. After I told her they had to tear it down because it was broken, Emily said, "Sue can fix it with tape." Sue is the lady who leads story time at the library. She apparently is one amazing lady! ;o)
It is also a bit emotional. Although I'd never been inside the building, it still saddens me to see it being taken down. It would have been nice to have the kids' school only 2 blocks away at a point when they could have easily walked or ridden a bike. However, ground has already been broken on a brand new middle school building on the other side of the high school, which isn't terribly far away. It will be nice to have a beautiful, new facility instead.
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