Ribbon cut for Morgan City High School library

It’s been a decade in the making and more than a year in construction, but the $3.55 million library at Morgan City High officially opened today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“Thirteen or 14 months ago this was a dusty old gym,” Principal Mickey Fabre said of the 8,000-square-foot library consisting of a media center, studio, space for three classes at once complete with computers and Promethean boards and a conference room.
“Modern students need more in terms of technology,” Fabre said to the gathering of students, employees, school board members, Central Office staff and a former principal.
The project consisted of renovation of the old “girls’ gym” into the new library, along with a student commons area completed in conjunction with an air conditioner replacement project.
Librarian Nedra Tabor thanked the board and the superintendent for fulfilling her wish list and making a dream she had for the school come true.
School Board member Anthony Streva, of Morgan City, said the completion of the library will be his greatest accomplishment as a board member.
“When I’m through being on the School Board, I think the thing I will be the most proud of and remember the most will be this school library being created. It was really created from scratch, from nothing. … I’m so proud of what it turned out to be,” Streva said.
Construction originally was scheduled from December 2013 to July 2014, but experienced delays and nearly caused a postponement of school opening. The contractor had until Aug. 14 to complete the work under his contract.
The old 3,400-square-foot library will be used as a data room while the school undergoes accreditation this year. Future use of the old library section remains up in the air, Fabre said.