Following a fire at Altoona-Midway Elementary on Saturday that damaged the building, many from across the community came out to begin boarding up and securing the school. “In a small rural community like this, a school is kind of a center point, it’s where a lot of activities happen, it’s where people have a lot of memories, when that special place get’s damaged or maybe destroyed, as much as this building has been, it’s gonna have some impact on the whole community,” said Steve Parson, Interim Superintendent of Altoona-Midway School District. The damage is extensive, with two classrooms, a storage room, and the cafeteria completely destroyed and the entire building facing smoke and water damage.
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