I spent 12 years, from age 5 to 17 going to school.

Every school I attended has closed. Two of the buildings (St. Francis Elementary and St. Francis High School) were razed to the ground, one (Second Ward Elementary) was turned into an apartment complex (Disturbing: Having someone offer you alcohol while you’re standing in what was your first grade class room), one (Second Ward Annex) was being used for storage (last I checked, anyway, but that was several years ago), and this one–Central Elementary–was abandoned.

These pictures are for Paige and Justine, but I can’t see them truly thanking me for them.

(there are some more pictures if you click through to Flickr)