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Smoky
Mountain High School receptionist Deeann Brooks helps seniors,
from left, Jewel Petrilli, Andrea Williams, Zae Cooper and Brandy
James in the school's new administrative offices Tuesday (Jan.
6) during the students' first day back to school. Construction
workers finished the offices during winter break and began work
on a new front lobby, which will feature a 25-foot cathedral ceiling
and is expected to be finished this summer. Re-routed to class
through a new entrance in the media center, students found their
way to their post-Christmas exams "pretty smoothly," said Brooks,
who spent the morning hooking up her computer and adjusting to
her new desk. Though construction crews hit power lines the day
before, shutting off power to the building and setting off the
school's fire alarm, SMHS was ready for business by the time students
arrived due to the efforts of Asheville Maintenance workers, said
Alex Bell, interim principal. The offices formerly occupied by
administrative staff will house the school's guidance department,
giving them more room and privacy. - Herald photo by Carey
King
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