The following article is by Reporter John Wood with WHSV-TV3, as published on Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 on whsv.com.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. — After a year and a half of work, the renovation on John C. Myers Elementary School in Rockingham County has been completed.
“There’s been a complete renovation of our mechanical system meaning heating and our cooling, plumbing, new lighting fixtures, new flooring,” Becky Roadcaps, the school’s principal said.
It’s not enough to say a lot of work has been done at the former Rockingham County middle school turned elementary school. Since 2016 plans have been in the works to bring the school up to date and expanded for the growing student population.
The lockers have stayed but there’s a new loading dock for custodial staff, the cafeteria received upgraded equipment, and classroom space was repurposed.
“We’ve been able to turn some spaces that were not the greatest into much more productive places for children to be,” Roadcap said.
A STEM lab has been added along with expansion on the art and music classrooms. Sensory and other classrooms have taken the space of an older gym and locker room that was once at the school.
With the added space the school feels a little empty as less than half the number of students returned physically back to the classroom last week.
Teachers and staff said they are looking forward to the day everyone can return and enjoy their new school together.
Video provided by Lantz Construction Company.