“I’m pretty sure these chairs were the same chairs that were
here when I was in high school in the ‘60s,” she mused, lost somewhere in her
own glory days. “You know, you can’t even buy replacement chairs for these,”
the furniture salesman cringed, looking at me as if I’d recently personally
selected the current library furnishings. Needless to say, the Castleberry High
School Library has needed an extreme makeover the likes of which Ty Pennington
wouldn’t even believe to bring it into the last three decades…ahem…I mean the
21st century. Even though it’s not quite time to MOVE THAT BUS, at
least the bus has moved into the district and taken up residence.
In the coming weeks, the books will be packed away, the ‘60s
furnishings hauled somewhere into deep…deep…DEEP storage, and the CHS 20th
century library will begin its journey into the 21st century as the
new CHS Library Learning Commons. We’re not sure when, but sometime in the
2014-2015 school year, the ribbon will be cut, and students will be enjoying
learning…commons style. Complete with a coffee bar, couches, and a plethora of
collaboration spaces, the CHS LLC will be a place where students feel at home,
enjoy coming, fall in love with learning, and discover the joy of reading…together…with
their friends. Keep your eyes out and your ears open, and in the not-so-distant
future, you just might hear the echoes of “Mr. Jones….MOVE THAT BUS!”
