Southeast Lauderdale Gym Renovation

Southeast Lauderdale High school renovations are underway after a fire in July caused extreme smoke damage. The principal of the high, school, Russell Keene, said the gym could be finished as early as next month.

How the fire started is still under investigation but keen says that it was small and originating in the lobby of the gym causing severe smoke damage.

“It went several hours unchecked, almost twelve hours uncheck. It produced a lot of smoke and caused a lot of damage throughout the building. The smoke-filled the lobby area and then rolled into the gym area. We had smoke damage behind the locker room behind the stage, literally every square inch.”

Keene says that the school lost several trophies along with concession items.

“We’re hopefully going to be raising some money to purchase new equipment with that. A Lot of the signs, the banner, things like that. We’re going to have to fundraise to replace. It’s a chance for us to do an uplift on the gym for things that we’ve had forever to now get those replaced. Hate it happened this way but we’re excited that it’s coming along and we are going to be super excited when everybody gets to see it.”- Principal Russell Keene

The high school is planning to do a ribbon-cutting to reveal the new gym soon.