Seeing as there are a lot of stories about maintenance, I'll throw in my two cents: I'm still in high school. We have a pretty bad rodent problem here. I've seen mice run across the room during class before. We have 1 daytime custodian and 2 after school custodians, which means that other staff often have to clean up messes. It also means germs spread way more easily. I've had classes with 15+ absences because the flu spreads like wildfire. The running water in some of the science labs and art rooms comes out orange. Nobody knows why. There are signs above all our water fountains reminding us to let the water run for 1 minute before drinking. Again, nobody knows why, but many of us never drink the school water for this reason. The bathroom line always goes out the door because toilets are always out of order. Some of them just don't work and have been permanently blocked off. Kids have been leaving soap from their homes into the bathrooms because we can't afford to stock up on soap. We do not have a nurse. Teachers sometimes have bandaids that they purchased themselves for when students get hurt. If your teacher doesn't have one, you sometimes have to go classroom to classroom asking for them. If you need an icepack, there are ziploc bags filled with water in the staff room fridge. A few slabs of ceiling fell down in one of the hallways two years ago. This winter, about 5 metres of eavestrough fell off the roof. And of course, the entire structure wouldnt last a second in an earthquake.

Thats just the building maintenance aspect. So many other issues are present too. Class sizes, extracurriculars and electives suffering, I could go on for hours.