NINETY SIX'S NEW DIGS

8/23/2012 12:03:00 AM NINETY SIX'S NEW DIGS Students at combo school get first look at high-tech facilities

Industrial Technology teacher David Miller greets students at the front of his new classroom Wednesday at Ninety Six High School. (Matt Walsh | Index-Journal) By SCOTT J. BRYAN NINETY SIX - The first day of school complete, sophomore Hunter May quipped he missed the old Ninety Six High School, with its condemned wing and portable classrooms. "I will miss the trailer park," May said, a smile on his face. "It's not Ninety Six without the trailer park." Welcome to the new Ninety Six. The combination middle school/high school hosted its first students Wednesday, a day Ninety Six administrators said had typical first-day hiccups, but overall, ran as smooth as expected. Students who arrived at the school - after enduring a traffic jam at South Cambridge Street and Johnston Road, an issue that will persist with four schools so closely located - found an educational institution replete with technological advancements seldom seen. Schoolwide Wi-Fi? Check. Multiple plug-ins? Check. Flat-screen televisions? Check. State-of-the-art science labs, an enormous viewing screen in the cafeteria/auditorium, Promethean boards in every classroom, a spacious, non-carpeted gym? Check. Check. Check. Check. But for some students, such as freshman Kaylee White, the simple things, especially coming from old Edgewood Middle, were nice. MORE IN TODAY'S INDEX-JOURNAL www.indexjournal.com