The Palo Alto High School Quad will be under construction until December 2023 for the Tower Building renovation.

“We’ll wait for everything to be done [to re-do the grass] just in case there’s something that happens that gets in the way,” Assistant Principal Jerry Berkson said. 

“We’ll wait for everything to be done [to re-do the grass] just in case there’s something that happens that gets in the way.” 

— Jerry Berkson, Assistant Principal

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The purpose of the construction is to add electrical lines and plumbing to and from the Tower Building. Fencing surrounding the construction on half of the Quad was removed on Nov. 14.

Some students are disappointed at the lack of full Quad accessibility. 

“I’m going to miss things like Quadside lands [student-band concerts] because they’re usually held there [on the Quad],” senior Brooke Threlkeld said. “I’m definitely going to be sad that the Quad isn’t going to be fully open because it’s such a community space for people.”