Sean C. Morgan
Hawthorne Elementary School has some 70 new faces this year, but the biggest of them belongs to the school itself.
Sweet Home School District completed a sweeping facelift and other improvements just in time for school to start on Sept. 4. Gerding Construction completed a school-wide seismic upgrade while district maintenance staff members remodeled the entrance and office.
“It exceeded my expectations,” said Supt. Tom Yahraes. “In meeting with the staff eight…