School's out

I dropped in on my mother today. I hadn't been over to her place since early January. I was shocked to see the school across from her house had been reduced to rubble. The same school that myself and all my siblings attended Kindergarten to grade 3. I knew it was slated to be demolished but the stark reality was still a little unsettling. In addition they had just started demolishing the Grade 4-8 school right next to it. That is an entire city block being leveled where I remember playing all sorts of games and growing up. I don't know what is planned for that city block. I hope it includes something for the kids in the neighbourhood.