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Salem High students, teacher plead to keep darkroom in new school design
Summary
Students and a high-school photo teacher told the committee the darkroom is essential hands-on STEAM instruction that requires minimal space and cost; the committee agreed to add the topic to a future meeting for further consideration.
Students and a teacher from Salem High School asked the school project committee to preserve a darkroom in the new high school schematic during the meeting’s public-comment period. The students described film photography exercises — cyanotypes, pinhole cameras and negative-to-positive printing — and said the space supports tactile STEAM learning that cannot be duplicated by digital-only instruction.
"The darkroom… it's cut," said…
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