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The buildings at Tyee High School are rundown and outdated, according to Assistant Principal Don Miller.
"What takes priority, right, like power and heat so our students can learn or a hole in the ceiling?" Miller asked.
This building is where 15-year-old Jurnee Robinson is every school day.
"Tyee kind of feels forgotten by the district and Evergreen, too. We feel like we were like, the last on the list intentionally. And we don't know if that was the truth or not, but that's how we tend to feel," Robinson said.
Robinson said she feels that way because in the district, Highline High is brand new and Mount Rainier High was built in 2007, but Evergreen and Tyee high schools, which were built about six decades ago, are in need of repairs.
At Tyee High, the campus has narrow hallways and is made up of nine buildings.
"Some of my peers are also worried about their safety being on the school because most of the walls on our portables are just glass. And it's also not convenient for us to evacuate in case of emergencies like earthquakes or fires and the sad cases and possible school shootings," said Robinson.
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