$4.2M upgrade makes Kalispell school safer, more accessible

Linderman Education Center Director Jodie Barber describes renovations completed in the gym, where the floor is currently being refinished. New windows, higher balcony railings and a fitness room on the stage were among the many improvements. (Casey Kreider photos/Daily Inter Lake)

A NeW fitness and weight room occupies the stage at Linderman Education Center in Kalispell on Thursday, June 11. The fitness area was part of a $4.2 million renovation project. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A renovated culinary arts classroom with new kitchen ranges is shown at Linderman Education Center in Kalispell on Thursday, June 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

ONE OF two new ASPIRE program classrooms is shown at Linderman Education Center in Kalispell on Thursday, June 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A ONCE dark basement space in Linderman Education Center has been transformed into a new cafeteria as part of a $4.2 million renovation project completed in fall 2019. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

An updated entrance at the rear of the Linderman Education Center features light fixtures found in the building years ago and restored to working order.

Natural light floods into a second-floor math classroom from ceiling skylights that were replaced during renovations at Linderman Education Center. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)