We have two weeks left in the "old RCE"...it's hard to believe that the time has come for the building to come down. In September it seemed so far away and now it's just days away and yet we have so much left to do.
It's been a melancholy year as I have opened drawers and sorted through collections of papers, photos, and other memorabilia. What to keep, and what to toss...almost a daily drill. But the boxes are packed, the shelves are empty and we move to the transition campus on June 6th. I've spent the last 25 years here at the current RCE....moving the library the first time in 2000 when the current library was built. I packed and moved the library again with the flood, and then again with renovations...and so it is that we pack the library again to move on to the transition campus where we'll be for 18 months before packing it up for the new school building. The memories will always we packed in my brain and my heart...so many good times...authors...field days...faculty gatherings...parties and celebrations..special students and teachers....they are packed....the heart of RCE will move with us as we go to the transition campus and to our final destination...the "NEW RCE." Two more weeks....I hope we get it done!
Carts are packed, crates loaded...
Empty shelves, gondolas loaded...
Boxes stacked for long term storage...
Books wrapped waiting pick up ....
Pallets loaded for transport...
Loading the truck..thankful for the guys!
Book carts, empty shelves....
Stuff by the door to be loaded...
Breaking down the lab....
piles of gondolas....
The end of the KRCE studio....
Reference computers down..empty shelves!
It's been an exciting busy spring......the count down is here....
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