Anderson High learning elements via jack-o'-lantern

Students at Anderson High School, which delayed the start of its school year and weeks later dismissed classes early due to extreme heat in its mid-renovation building, will get another unexpected break from classes Tuesday and Wednesday. According to a message from Forest Hills Schools superintendent Scot Prebles, those days will simply be too cold "to provide a comfortable classroom learning environment" with the temporary heating system currently in place. Despite canceled classes, many students still showed up early on Tuesday to light a display of the periodic table of elements carved entirely out of jack-o'-lanterns for a third year running. While students stay home, Prebles said construction crews will have "uninterrupted" time to install a permanent heating system for the rest of the school year. "I am disappointed and frustrated that students and staff will endure another construction delay at Anderson, and I am truly sorry for any inconvenience it will cause," Prebles said. Students, families and teacher have spent much of the year working around the $21 million renovation project, which district officials predict will be complete in 2019.