New high school building opens
On Tuesday afternoon, 446 students sat in their classrooms watching the inauguration and taking in the constant proclamation that change has come to America. But that morning, a different kind of change had come to those students — and one that was much closer to home.
Students at New Haven’s Cooperative Arts & Humanities high school attended class for the first time Tuesday at the school’s new location on the corner of College and Crown streets. Officials said they hope the new building’s improved facilities and downtown location will create new opportunities for students as well...
As the mom of a co-op student let me first say that this new facility has been long needed and the kids really appreciate it. But the superintendent's remark about the walls staying white made me sad. It's an ARTS high school. I would hope that the fine arts students will be commissioned over the years to add murals, collages and sculptures to those walls and that the walls' personalities will be changed as the years go by with each new class having the chance to create on them.