The city of Everett is taking on overcrowding issues in its school district with a plan to overhaul the entire structure of its school system with a new middle school.
Students in some buildings are learning in makeshift classrooms in hallways, under stairwells and in spaces like the library and performance studios.
“Imagine you’re a sixth or seventh grader walking through hallways while transitioning to your next class, but you have to step over other children, or navigate around other children, who actually are using those hallways as their learning spaces,” said Everett Mayor Robert Van Campen…