During the past few weeks two minor construction projects were completed in the courtyard and on the hill near the gym.

The courtyard construction work involved filling a mulch area with cement. According to building services worker Reggie Tobin, the mulch area had drainage problems and flooded regularly. Tobin also said the mulch had little value because students "tore up all the flowers."

Construction near the gym consisted of adding a sidewalk and stairs to a hill that physical education classes regularly use to access the fields and courts. Tobin said that the hill was a safety hazard when muddy, and that the school "didn't want [students] running up and down the muddy hill."