The wrecking balls plan to smash down Auburn High School this summer so I decided to take one last look during the open house for alumni and friends. I don’t remember setting foot in the place since I graduated 25 years ago.
I’m still unsure how I feel about saying goodbye to those cracked and beat up white buildings. Facing my own mortality comes to mind although the place looked run down to me when I went there. I would say it’s past time for the district to rebuild.
Anyway, here’s a tour of what I saw and remembered. I did feel a sadness of a time gone past and the loss of that wide open future feeling I once had. At the same time, I sure had fun walking through with my family and feeling complete in a way I know I never did while sitting on those concrete benches.
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- A place I hardly ever saw in my nerd world.
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- Where the smoking square used to be. Really.
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- Where the metal, wood shop and auto shop kids will be next year.
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- Where I once fell asleep in study hall to wake up surrounded by kids eating lunch.
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- It used to be the LRC -Learning Resource Center – because that sounded cooler than library.
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- I’m reasonably sure it hadn’t changed in 25 years.
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- I’d love to know the technical term for these things.
