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Ernest Ward Middle Gym Getting An Updated Look
February 13, 2022
The gymnasium at Ernest Ward Middle School is getting an updated look.
The gym is being painted gray with a blue trim on the outside. The inside is also being painted, and there will be new lockers and a coat of paint in the locker rooms.
The 19,000 square foot EWMS gym has been blue since it opened in 1978. New paint was discussed during the construction of the new school building, which opened in February 2015, but the gym was never painted.
And stay tuned…if all goes as planned, there will be another aesthetic improvement coming to the front of the 44-year old building this summer.
Pictured above below: The Ernest Ward Middle School gymnasium, as seen on Saturday, is being painted. Pictured bottom: The building has been blue since it opened in 1978. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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6 Responses to “Ernest Ward Middle Gym Getting An Updated Look”
I remember the old wooden gym. I spent a few moments in there periodically. Back in 1973. Mrs. Bosenburg was our 1st grade teacher.
@FL2022
You must be very young. I remember the old wooden gym when I went to Bratt back in the 80s. The whole building would shake when you ran through it and it had those huge gas space heaters. Now that’s old!
They should rebuild the gym it’s been up too long to just be painted over….
Oh no! That was the only part of the school left that I could look at and remember being the same from when I was a kid.
I remember insulation from the ceiling falling back when I went to Ernest Ward in 2000-2003. I surely hope that’s some thick paint to hold that building together.
Let me guess a mascot painted on the front? haha
I know who painted the mascot inside the gym now back in 1991. He’s a local disabled artist that has been on NE before.