This is a picture of what used to be Clair E. Gale Jr. High where I went for 7th and 8th grade. They tore it down and put us in high school a year early before rebuilding it into Compass academy. What used to be the low income Jr. High became a magnet school for students who wanted a “non-traditional” education. It hasn’t been much of a success. The auditorium is the dome and it was there when the school was Clair E. Gale as well. My family’s friend Mr. Crouch ran the weights class and that was the reason I looked forward to going to school. No matter what the rest of the day was like weights class was a constant and we always had a good time.