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Carter Minor bounced his shoulders up and down to the beat of “Keep on Rollin” during a recent musical rehearsal.
The New Albany High School sophomore was recently cast in his high school’s production of Smokey Joe’s Café – a spring musical that he didn’t think would even happen because of COVID-19.
“I really enjoy doing musicals and I’m happy they found a way to do it,” Minor said. “It means there’s some normalcy with what’s going on.”
Everything from school performing arts to classes such as physical education, music and art have been altered because of the pandemic. But as the saying goes, the show (or class in many cases) must go on, said several educators.
DISCUSSION The board is moving ahead with the project, which has two main components, according to the half-hour-long video posted on the district s website: A pre-K through sixth-grade building at the existing Chippewa Intermediate School and an auxiliary gymnasium at Chippewa JR/SR High School.
The project was based on needs the community has highlighted, along with problems at Hazel Harvey Elementary, such as asbestos and necessary replacements for windows, doors, lights and boilers, Superintendent Todd Osborn explains in the video. The district decided it was more cost-effective to move to two instructional buildings, rather than putting funds into the elementary. The auxiliary gym would be used to support athletic practices and youth sports programs and would provide varsity locker rooms.