Personal Narrative: The New Middle School

Just shortly after 2:30pm on a Thursday, Heather and I pulled into the parking lot at the new Middle School and caught up with the rest of our English Comp class. I am dumbfounded by how this new Middle School has turned out. I was thirsting for knowledge about the new building yet the only thing I really wanted to know was the comparison between the new and old school’s way of learning and schedules. The building itself reminded me of college campuses that I have visited where the architecture is very geometric and intricate. The building itself looks as though it has been untouched and unused even though school has been in session for about a month and a half now. Even the landscape looked a bit off for a school because it was vast and open and there were only small, young trees planted around the building. One could see the potential this building will have down the road just by the exterior appearance.

Fort Morgan Middle School, FMMS for short, currently holds 650 students but can hold up to 750 students. Also a big change made to the new Middle School is that it is now 6th, 7th, and 8th graders prior to having only 7th and 8th graders. Now the reason as to why a new Middle School was built was due to the fact that our old Middle School was falling apart and maintenance was costing too much. It was easier and more cost effective in the long run to just build a brand new building that wouldn’t have to be fixed anytime soon. So the new Middle School was built and there I was, walking with the rest of my class through the front doors of the