I had seen some photos online of a local high school that had been abandoned for quite some time. I was fascinated by the size of the building and all the artifacts that had been left behind so I made it a personal goal to find the location. After some research and biking around some sketchy areas I found it! I biked around the building and found my P.O.E. I went home and immediately made plans with one of my friends to go back the following morning.
This is the main office. It has been stripped of almost everything and all the glass windows have been shattered.
We continued onwards and were surprised to find a graduating student!
Looking into a classroom
Looking out of the classroom into the courtyard. Notice the tire tracks (this is important later)
Looking down the hallway at some lockers
What the hell is this doing here??
All the bathrooms we saw were missing pipes and had been trashed
When we saw this sign we knew why there was an empty shotgun cartridge box. I remember seeing articles online saying that the police had previously trained there but I thought it had been years.
A little after these photos were taken my friend noticed a police officer watching the building. We thought we were busted but by the time we found our way back to our P.O.E. he had pulled away to the other side of the building. We got the hell out of there and I haven’t been back inside since. I did some more research and found out that the police still actively use the building for training drills. Another explorer recently told me that he saw 16 cop cars outside the building the same week I was inside.
Unfortunately we didn’t make it to the Gym or the Cafeteria. This really bums me out because the pictures I have seen are really cool. I would say this building is still accessible but with very high risk. I have driven past the building several times since I went inside and there is usually a cop chilling in the parking lot.
P.S. Sorry about the quality! These were taken with my phone a couple of months before I had a nice camera.