ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) - On Thursday, school leaders in Orangeburg placed the last beam on a new high school, marking a significant milestone for construction.

Students and staff also got a tour of their future home. Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School junior class president Ralley Wright said the current school is slowly falling apart.

“Little technology issues, boards not working, wifi, different things like that, leaks in the ceiling and I think here there’s going to be none of that,” she said.

Superintendent Shawn Foster said the current high school is not extremely old but was in need of renovations.

“Although it’s not an extremely old facility, the renovations and the disarray the building was in just from its HVAC systems, it made more sense to build a brand-new facility than to tr

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