{"id":795,"date":"2016-06-03T20:37:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T20:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilkinsburgcdc.org\/?p=795"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:53:37","slug":"wilkinsburg-community-says-goodbye-to-students-safe-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilkinsburgcdc.org\/2016\/06\/wilkinsburg-community-says-goodbye-to-students-safe-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkinsburg Community Says Goodbye To Students&#8217; Safe Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 3, 2016:\u00a0Interim Wilkinsburg High School Principal Shawn Johnston\u2019s voice reverberated\u00a0through the intercom into bare, empty\u00a0hallways on the second to last day of school. Packing boxes had arrived in the office.<\/p>\n<p>Students weren\u2019t in the building as teachers finished grades and prepared for the school to permanently close following Friday\u2019s 7 p.m. graduation. Their last full day in the school was Wednesday. <a href=\"http:\/\/wesa.fm\/post\/wilkinsburg-community-says-goodbye-students-safe-place#stream\/0\">Read more &amp; listen to the store from 90.5 WESA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more stories on the closing of the Wilkinsburg Middle\/High School, check out these articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2016\/06\/03\/last-class-of-wilkinsburg-high-school-students-get-diplomas\/\">Last Class Of Wilkinsburg High School Students Get Diplomas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtae.com\/news\/final-class-graduates-from-wilkinsburg-high-school\/39895218\">Final class graduates from Wilkinsburg High School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/education\/2016\/06\/04\/Wilkinsburg-High-graduates-its-last-class\/stories\/201606040111\">Wilkinsburg High graduates its last class<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wesa.fm\/post\/what-will-happen-wilkinsburgs-tiger-pride#stream\/0\">What Will Happen To Wilkinsburg&#8217;s &#8216;Tiger Pride?&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbaa.org\/post\/what-happens-when-your-towns-only-high-school-closes\">What Happens When Your Town&#8217;s Only High School Closes?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 3, 2016:\u00a0Interim Wilkinsburg High School Principal Shawn Johnston\u2019s voice reverberated\u00a0through the intercom into bare, empty\u00a0hallways on the second to last day of school. 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