More than 190 supporters are part of a new Facebook page to save the old Boynton High School along Ocean Avenue and Seacrest Boulevard.

The high school originally opened in 1926 and Barbara Ready, one of the supporters and chairwoman of the Boynton Arts Commission, said the last best guess to renovate the building was $4.5 million. The renovation needed includes roofing repairs and new windows.

The old high school has been the center of debate for years between the City Commission and residents who think the high school should be a historic monument, not to be torn down.

The page “SAVE Historic Boynton High” at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124242765691&ref=ts, was created by Allan Hendricks to bring awareness to historic building.

The page updates supporters on events and has pictures of inside the school for those who have never ventured inside the historic relic..

“Online activism has been good in my experience,” he said. “Media like Facebook is a great tool for grass root campaigns like this.”

Hendricks believes the old building is an asset to Boynton Beach and a key part of downtown redevelopment that the City is looking to move forward with.

To even further the cause and update supporters for the old high school, Ready said there would be a meeting at the site of the school 6:15 p.m. Sept. 21 on the lawn.

Read more about this story in the Sept. 2 issue of the Boynton Forum.
Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.