Dateline:
September 8, 2011,
8:15 a.m.
Now that the kids actually are back, we can report accurately on what they saw.
This is the view from the front door. Still a construction site, but it's really getting there.
New kids might not have known about the construction site and the progress made over the summer.
But hopefully they saw the Perkins banner right over their heads in the hallway...
Kids who were returning, however, noticed something else right away. The inside of the school had a new paint job!
Thanks to Suffolk Construction Company, clean white walls!
Bright blue trim! And doors of both colors!
The kids' reactions?
"It looks less oldish."
"More blue."
"Comfortable."
"It feels like there is more light because there isn't a lot
of dark red brick that you see from the window."
The architects will be glad to hear that last one.
