LYNN – Weekday afternoons are a bit louder in West Lynn now that construction on Classical High School begins later in the day, but progress on the multi-million dollar repair is right on target as workers prepare to put the finishing touches on the freshman wing of the school.Sounds of drilling and hammering now fill the afternoon air as students linger behind, waiting for rides from after school activities. Motorists must now navigate concrete mixers lined up along side of the school, waiting for their chance to deliver the industrial elixir that will help keep the structure from sinking back into the soft ground below.The work is long and loud, but it continues on schedule ensuring that freshman can return to their school by this time next year.Class is not disturbed during the day, as work takes place on second shift, and officials have yet to hear complaints from area residents regarding the work.After a summer of blasting and tearing apart the portion of the school that once housed freshman classrooms, a library and an elevator lobby, workers are now working to put the area back together on top of its new concrete support slab.JG MacLellan Concrete in Wakefield is in the process of delivering 40,000 square feet of concrete to the school to be spread over an intricate, winding series of metal piping that will serve as the school’s foundation.Workers have already completed a large portion of the slab, and hope to have the rest done in a matter of weeks.”At this point we are starting to put back the things that we took out,” said Inspectional Services Director Michael Donovan. “The next step is – once we finish getting the concrete poured – to start getting the walls back up.”The walls Donovan referred to will transform the massive floor space back into classrooms, bathrooms, a library and office space. Electricians, plumbers and HVAC contractors are now working in one section of the room, while concrete continues to flow to another.The plan is to have the freshman wing and library complete by January or February so Principal Warren White and his staff can move into new office space. The workers will swap places with the staff and begin the demolition and re-building process all over again where the current offices sit.”We want to get this freshman wing built first so we can move everything back in here and get over to the D wing and start work there in February or March,” Donovan said. “We are doing the same thing over there, but we will probably have to install more mini piles – I think we have about 20.”Once the walls are up and the work is complete, employees must then move shelving and school supplies back in to each room. Most of the equipment is stored in portable trailers next to the school, while Donovan decided to store the books in the City Hall sub-basement where they are immune to changes in weather conditions.If all goes well, the interior work on the school will be done by September 2009, opening the doors in time to welcome the 2009 freshman class.For now, Donovan says he is happy with the work that has taken place so far, and most of all, happy that thus far, the project has been free of accident, injury and danger to students. Inspectors tour the site frequently, and larger aspects of the projects require a police detail.”When school started we took the paper off of the windows so that students could kind of peek in and see what is going on, but for the most part we try to keep them as far away from the construction as possible,” he said, walking through a temporary corridor that leads students away from the workers. “The work that we are doing now is not real disturbing to the school, except for the noise, so we have them come in after the kids leave.”