DALTON, Ga.-At 46 years old, Eastbrook Middle School has seen better days.
On Monday, during a Whitfield County School Board hearing on whether to rebuild the school for $24.2 million, students and teachers described the aged facility’s bug infestations, falling ceilings and dark, moldy patches.
“Eastbrook is not a good place to teach, and it is not a good place to learn,” said teacher Ralph Noble to raucous applause in a packed auditorium at Southeast Whitfield High School.
More than a dozen residents spoke in favor of a new school, but there was opposition.
“It seems to me $24 million is an awful lot of money to spend,” said resident Lawrence Headrick. “I’m not at all convinced that simply tearing down one school to build another is a good way to go.”