Despite Plea, ALAH School Board Continues with Demolition of Atwood-Hammond Gym
August 20, 2014
Board cites Illinois school code in denial
by Ariana Cherry
Arthur/Lovington Reporter
With 48 hours to go before demolition, 1966 Atwood High School graduate, Richard Price, who purchased the land on which the Atwood-Hammond High School sits, made a plea to the ALAH School Board to reconsider the decision to tear down the gym.
“The building has a lot of use in it still,” he noted. “I could save it and use it and return some of the money to the school district for not tearing it down,” Price explained. “I do have the money to take care of it. I was even approached with the possibility of making it a community center,” he further added.