Ne-Ca-Hi enters modern era
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What a difference 50-plus years make. The new building New Castle students will enter on Wednesday, Jan. 21, for the second semester of this year is a far cry what we had in the 50s.
A list of the amenities:
* The building is air conditioned and there are security cameras in the hallways with several monitors in the main office.
* 36 regular and specified classrooms, each with two computers for students and a laptop for each teacher.
* 5 computer labs. There are 425 computers in the labs and classrooms. In addition, there is a mobile computer lab with 25 laptops and several SMART Boards, which are interactive whiteboards that can project information from a computer onto the board so the class can see it.
* 1 business classroom.
* 2 family and consumer science classrooms.
* 2 chemistry labs.
* 3 biology labs.
* 1 physics lab.
* 2 general science classrooms.
* 1 library classroom.
* 3 technical education labs.
* 1 yearbook room.
* 1 newspaper room.
* 2 faculty rooms.
* 1 faculty lounge/dining room.
* 1 television studio. A modern television studio will be used for morning announcements and for an elective class on video production.
* 1 nurse's suite.
* 1 administration suite.
* 1 guidance suite.
* 2 cafeteries. There will be a la cart offerings, in addition to regular school offerings. Also, tickets for students receiving free and reduced-price lunches have been eliminated. They will use the same card as those paying the regular price.
* 1 serving area.
* 8 student toilets. There will be motion sensors on the toilets and sinks in the restrooms and in the classroom lighting systems. Lights go on when one enters a classroom and go out when the room is vacated.
* 8 faculty toilets.
* 3 conference rooms.
* 2 small-group instruction rooms.
