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Whitefish Schools Maintenance Director Chad Smith looks over the boilers inside Muldown Elementary School. The 50-year-old heating system is failing, according to the school district, and the building has a number of issues including roof trusses that cannot adequately support snow loads and many parts of the building lack insulation and rooms that have drastic temperature fluctuations. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Whitefish Schools Maintenance Director Chad Smith looks over the boilers inside Muldown Elementary School. The 50-year-old heating system is failing, according to the school district, and the building has a number of issues including roof trusses that cannot adequately support snow loads and many parts of the building lack insulation and rooms that have drastic temperature fluctuations. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

September 13, 2017

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State of the school
September 13, 2017 8:09 a.m.

State of the school

When Muldown Elementary School opened its doors on Sept. 5, 1967, it was heralded as radical and innovative for its “open-plan” design, but more than 50 years later the school appears to be in dire straits.