Denton ISD Our Impact In Your Community Magazine Fall 2017 | Page 12

Story by Mario Zavala Jr
Photos by Melissa Green and Julie Zwahr
FRESH PERSPECTIVE
Dr. Rudy and Rosemary Rodriguez
Revamped building design
has students, staff at new
Rodriguez Middle School
delighted to teach and learn.
The excitement level a new school brings depends on
several variables. With the opening of Dr. Rudy and
Rosemary Rodriguez Middle School, all the variables
have rolled into one – pure, unfiltered joy.
While a bevy of windows throughout the 176,100-square
foot, state-of-the-art campus bring in an abundance
of light and an airy feel throughout the building, the
attitudes shared by the students and staff take it
to another level. A little more than a month into the
opening of the district’s eighth middle school, it’s hard
to not run into a smiling student or an excited teacher
eager to tackle the next lesson.
“It’s more fun to be [at school] here because with the
windows, you can look into classrooms and see what
they look like and what’s going on,” said Kaydence
Chandler, a seventh grader. “But the funnest thing is
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