The building, which was for an auto-mechanic class in the 1980’s, contained obsolete Cincinnati sliding heads, disassembled vehicles, mounds of paperwork, metal desks, make-shift classrooms, and about a dozen filing cabinets. Car lifts were also left to rust and collect dust.
“This is a type of community service and the students are earning credit for participating. But this is about service learning, as well,” Garrison said. “It’s amazing that for all these years all these recyclable items were never touched by past leaders of the school,” he added.
The 50 students disassembled and organized desks, metal equipment, wood items, aluminum items, and plastic items to be recycled.
The principal plans to have the students collect more such items from around the school. When the time comes to recycle the items, he will let the students decide which organization they will donate the money to.
“At first, I thought this project was going to take a whole week judging from the amount of material left behind. Once you stepped foot into that old facility, you literally could not move around so much. It was that packed,” Garrison told Variety. “But the students entered the building and were virtually all over the material. They got to work and finished the task in one day!” he added with a smile.
