Adios...

The mood was silent and sullen...people wandering around unsure of what to say or do.  Teachers, students, and townsfolk watched as the high school in our small town melted away to nothing. 
The irony in the situation is that the Auditorium which many fought to save over the last couple of years was the last thing to burn...so the whole town got to watch it...within weeks of the blatant disregard of the importance of local history being made public.  My dad was the one who spear-headed the campaign to keep it, and so there is much sadness today.
The whole school is gone.  My little sister's grad class last year is officially the final grad class from this school.  There are many students wondering how this is going to affect them and what's going to happen.  School busses went out today with the sole purpose of telling students not to get on...and to go home.  There's no school today or tomorrow...and who knows what's going to happen...
Even I, who never attended this school, have many memories there...and relived some of them as I watched it burn away.  I performed a play in this auditorium in my grade 12 year, and enjoyed returning to it to watch productions that family members have been in over the years.
Farewell Fair School!
 Z