School begins a month from Sunday for students at RHAM High School, but the place could use some work.
Cracks abound in the concrete sidewalks in front of the building – so many cracks and holes you have to be careful where you walk.
The facility, which serves students from Hebron, Andover, and Marlborough, was a showpiece in 2003 when it opened.
"The school itself was great. I loved everything about RHAM. And I got a great education out of it but it was pretty new when I went there. It was one of the first couple grades to go through at the new high school so looked pretty well then, but I guess I haven't been back enough to know about all the cracks and things," said Tessa Smolinski, who graduated from RHAM in 2010.
You can see rust and a big crack in the staircase outside RHAM High School, and staircases have problems outside the middle school too.
"It's really concerning," said Phyllis Kurz, "because we spent a lot of money on that school so we've got to get it safe and fixed for the kids."
Building the new high school and doubling the size of the old one, which now serves as the middle school, cost more than $70 million.
The football field has drainage problems, but the cracks in the concrete and the troubles in the buildings have people worried about protecting the public's investment.
Emma Manning said she pays a lot of taxes in Hebron.
"I'm not sure what the problem is but they should really take care of it," she said.
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District administrators were out of the office Friday afternoon. The state government may have money the schools can use toward repairs.
