Wethersfield High School is in disrepair and the school could lose accreditation if the problems are not resolved.
Today, voters will decide whether to take on the expense for renovations.
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges gave the school a close inspection and the results aren’t good. The outside of the building is crumbling, chairs in the auditorium are held together with electrical and it hasn’t been a safe place to be.
"You go in, the roof is full of mold there are no doors,” Rodrigo Rivera, a student, said.
Rivera told NBC Connecticut that the roofs leak and there’s no temperature control, which has made learning very difficult.
“It’s hard if you’re taking a test. You’re not comfortable and you’re not going to do as well; not to mention, the science labs are completely out of date and that’s only part of the problem,” Rivera added.
The situation has been so bad, the New England Association and Colleges gave the district a warning and said repairs are a must. If there is no action plan in place by January, Wethersfield High School could get put on probation and even lose accreditation.
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“Our school is in desperate need of repair,” Principal Thomas Moore said.
Fixing the school would cost more than $70 million, money Wethersfield doesn’t have and finding the funds could be a challenge.
“The future of Wethersfield is really at stake,” Martha Conneely, a parent, said.
“This is an investment we need to make in our community. This is an investment we need to make for our children,” Conneeley added.
If the referendum doesn’t pass, many people in Wethersfield said they will fight to find a solution.
