New building goes up at TFHS

Thompson Falls High School is having a new building erected to be used as a multi purpose facility.

Superintendent Bud Scully said the building will be used regularly for shop classes to include welding, wood working, and small engine repair, in half of the 7,000-square-foot space. The other half will be the new lunchroom. This will give more room for eating, as the old lunch area was outside the gym.

"It may also encourage more students to eat hot lunches," Scully said. This other half will have a commons area that will provide room for other activities as needed, such as wrestling and drama practices. The old shop can now be used for a weight room.

The new building has the concrete floor and beams being lifted into place. Scully is hopeful that the facility will be completed by the time school starts in the fall. He says that the building is being paid for through a federal grant from COVID-19. The construction company building the facility is Swank Construction out of Missoula.