ABANDONED JFK HIGH SCHOOL - What Happened?

[@TpUrbex]

Love the videos man 🤞

[@abandonedcentral]

This for the support my dude!

[@loridoucette1506]

I went to Kennedy High School from 2003-2007, but they let me stay an extra couple of years up until June of 2009 because I was held back in preschool once. :)

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching our video!

[@Venkman29]

Class of 98 JFK.

[@someguy9778]

PRE School...

[@noahhiatt9453]

I'm surprised that they didn't clean out the desks and lockers the lockers could have been sold

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

Yup, unbelievably wasteful.

[@abandonedcentral]

Usually they sell a lot of that stuff. Not sure why they didn't with this location.

[@nikki3689]

What about the books 📚 ? I know a lot of them are out dated but some of us go to the library to find more simpler textbooks etc 📚

[@Venkman29]

Whoa dude, your pretty brazin. Glad you weren't caught. Thanks for a 1 last look inside of my old High School. Class of 98. Yep gym looked pretty bare but same as I remembered it from 94-98. I'm surprised they left the water in the pool. Bet it collected of mosquitoes. That water didn't look too clean. Had gym class & had pool swimming class. Atleast when I swim in it 97 or 98 it was alot cleaner water. 😀 my locker although I don't remember what number it was on that second side over there by where you were at one point. Cause I remember my last yr it was, when come in from main entry, I'd go right & then left, then I believe mine was somewhere in that middle set you were near after the door to that room. Best I can remember from 98 anyway. Anyway it was cool getting to see it one last time. There supposed to be building a whole new Taylor High school in its place one of these days. We'll see how that one turns out. I often wonder if they gave that board to Steve Avery.

[@supersonic1217]

I have joined one of the fb pages for Taylor,mi. According to some of them, they could of saved JFK. The pool needed to be fixed, also the boilers needed to be fixed and it was shared with Brake Jr. High school. They could of built handicap ramps for the disabled and maybe elevators. The former mayor of Taylor should never had changed Truman to Taylor high. And never had changed the fighting song and the colors. He should have left it alone,to keep as is. Because it looks like crap.

[@beatsbyyourdad]

Class of 2015 here. Super cool to get a final glimpse into the school, thanks for this

[@abandonedcentral]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

[@Trentski-419]

This dude a legend would love to meet him

[@abandonedcentral]

Greatly appreciated my dude! Thank you for the support.

[@totallyirkedmama3585]

My daughter went there. She finished her sophomore year there, and had to go somewhere else. Ms. Rush was my daughter's counselor. And yes, the cops WILL show up.

[@officialronniemorgan]

The alarm gives me a eerie vibe and why is it so loud

[@RagsCS]

alarms typically this loud are deterrents, they aren't usually linked to direct police lines or anything

[@abandonedcentral]

Oh they for sure responded to them the first time I set them off.

[@ajsmusic723]

​@@abandonedcentral hey that's near by me

[@dyoung12b]

I ain't going to lie y'all y'all acting kind of stupid 😂😂 it's a fucking alarm THAT'S WHY ITS LOUD 😂😂 MYBAD YALL

[@thestars386]

3:26 A random bathroom stall huh? Lol.

[@robertmailhos8159]

What is going on with the alarm power on yet it's going to be tore down this is very strange

[@Chris-CardVault]

Not very strange! Obviously, they want to keep the vandals, out!

[@AliceBowie]

They gotta make sure nobody breaks in and steals anything before they tear it down, I guess.

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@AliceBowie hopefully they cleaned it out before they tore it down a.c said they did it back in November of last year 😔

[@AliceBowie]

@robertmailhos8159 On the video that was in the abandoned highschool in Bridgeport they said a lot of places have weird regulations that say the school district can't donate or sell the books and equipment. I don't know why, but there's a lot of dumb rules so I can believe it.

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@AliceBowie that is a strange thing to say that those books and everything else can not be sold.or donated 😡😡

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

Well done

[@jeanaesamuel47]

So very cool!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@Linda-in9ns]

Spooky and haunted! 🧟

[@abandonedcentral]

Possibly? Its been completely demolished now.

[@joshthompson1762]

Dude - great explore, as usual. Love the channel. You've got balls of steel. If I heard those alarms, my butt would be trucking it back to my car as fast as possible. I can see why the school is free from vandals and scrappers. Keep up the great work!

[@iamgriff]

12:17 what a instant memory! I remember that view like it was yesterday. But I haven’t been in JFK since 1992. Absolutely crazy, I haven’t thought about high school in a very long time 21:31 some of my happiest times were walking out of the cafeteria, outside to smoke cigarettes at the end of the building by the gym doors. All of the students would act as lookouts for the principal. If he walked outside people would yell “Hello Mr. Kolka” or simply call out “Kolka”

[@joiebrasington3562]

Same old thing, waste, waste, waste. So many things could be reused. Aren’t our leaders great!?

[@darybarnett5128]

You are a Brave guy i enjoy your videos it does help me with my anxiety big time Thank you

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching our videos! Glad you enjoy them!

[@12345678989814]

Dang man I've got half a dozen friends it went to that high School LOL most of them live in Taylor

[@abandonedcentral]

Nice! Make sure to send them this video so they can check it out!

[@NorthKYtrainssirensandgaming03]

3:34 that red panel is a vintage fire alarm control panel that is probably original to the building (mid 60s?) and most likely is all relay controled,no computers needed,and if powered most likely still works

[@thestars386]

That's funny how you said you joined the *alumni,* the *alumni* were probably looking at you going who the f*** are you? I don't remember you being a student. Lol. Nice explore though.

[@abandonedcentral]

Haha this was the only way to get it done. Last time I tried and set off the alarms the police responded.

[@TheRobbierob73]

There were so many alumni there, he would have no problems showing up. We had the Class of 66-19 show up.

[@Ohhelmno]

Not everyone in every class knows eachother, keep in mind there were like 60+ classes over the history of the school. Now, a lot of the same people do attend these sorts of events so a lot do know even through the classes but it would be easy to go unnoticed I think especially for an event like this where it’s a final goodbye so plenty of people who wouldn’t usually attend would go.

[@Alex.mp4.]

9:33 Destiny is what a lot of schools use to manage books and other media. like who checks it out and stufff

[@mohandascletisghandi7960]

Great explore. Do you know what was with the sand in the pool area?

[@abandonedcentral]

No clue about the sand tbh. Thanks for watching!

[@HardDriveGuruOfficial]

My theory is they used a sand filtration system.

[@mohandascletisghandi7960]

@@HardDriveGuruOfficial That would make sense. I've never worked with pools before, I have heard of sand being used as a filter.

[@mandiigaming7898]

My old high school.

[@daisygirl1993]

Nice videos are looking adventurous

[@abandonedcentral]

Glad you like them!

[@daisygirl1993]

​@@abandonedcentralI know

[@mrvibes1682]

My older sister graduated from this school and I’ve always wondered what it looked like from the inside good to take a look at it before it got demolished.

[@benrodriguez4905]

The alarm at 14:00 sounds like a cpi concord alarm system

[@Trentski-419]

This is one of them ones they secured till the day of its death my man had to wait almost 5 years to hit it lol

[@abandonedcentral]

Haha for real thats how it goes sometimes! Thanks for watching our video!

[@sondrayork6317]

I’ll be surprised if you don’t get arrested for even being inside of that building. I would have thought otherwise after hearing the alarms going off.

[@abandonedcentral]

The building is now demolished and gone.

[@GhostRider50918]

Thanks for sharing how did the alarm go off

[@abandonedcentral]

They have motion sensors throughout the building.

[@GhostRider50918]

Oh dear, well thank you for sharing this

[@Unknownbrunett3]

I’ve been in here during the demolition and there weren’t any alarms going off

[@abandonedcentral]

Power is cut off once demolition begins.

[@neohistoryfan1014]

I wonder if the fire alarm system was salvaged before the building was demolished, since the hardware was original to the building (the control panel is at 3:34) I know a guy from the rubber city who salvages pre-1975 fire alarm systems from building slated for demolition (he's active on KZbin under the channel Old School Fire Alarms).

[@sondrayork6317]

I wouldn’t want to even swim in that swampy green water. There’s probably algae really thriving in there.

[@imspooky_2024]

😂😂 I feel you, 15:39 but you did good.

[@abandonedcentral]

Those motion sensor lights are the worst lol.

[@williamgriffin7584]

🙂

[@kim_patton5538]

I've commented on another video, so I will repeat myself... It is amazing what gets left behind!! I would pay a stupid amount of money to get my hands on some the old rubber soccer balls, that are left behind at some of these abandoned schools, especially middle schools, High schools, and Colleges. Many of the sports balls are left behind, because they are so badly worn, flat, and old. I would love to get my hands on specifically those old, rubber soccer balls, that are badly beat up and very worn. I could only imagine the goldmines of vintage sports balls - including old rubber soccer balls, that could be found at these locations, not only in North America, but throughout abandoned schools Europe as well. The reason I want these old rubber soccer balls is because they are so worn, no two are alike. Some are so beat up from being used in hundreds of soccer games year after year, they just have a distinct character onto them, from boot marks and divots to scuffs and scratches. As a "used" soccer ball collector, the older the ball and the more it was used (in games), the more I want it, and frankly, the more it can be worth!! If you happen to work and a school as a PE teacher or athletic director, maybe you might have a few old rubber soccer balls that I'd be interested in. I hear schools hold onto old/vintage stuff for quite some time.

[@hainesnoids]

Destiny (by Follett) is an online library companion for schools, basically a digital version of the school library.

[@vlad-130z70]

Has this place been demolished?

[@jennifereaston736]

Yes

[@daisygirl1993]

That alarm is so annoying It reunited your filming

[@abandonedcentral]

Alarm was very annoying lol! Thanks for watching.

[@daisygirl1993]

​@@abandonedcentralno problem

[@daisygirl1993]

You're welcome

[@patriciaarmstrong6601]

this is a shame that building could have served as housing

[@petegregory517]

Yep, that wouldn't cost any tax money, just designate it housing and sit back. You need get a group to fund it and see it thru. Piece of cake.

[@GabetheSlacker]

Did the alarm immediately go off as soon as you opened the door?

[@abandonedcentral]

Yea pretty much a few seconds after.

[@GabetheSlacker]

@@abandonedcentral Imagine that the police came right as you were exploring that school. Do you think they would've arrested you for trespassing on the property?

[@YeseniaCargill721]

The alarm is eerie for spooky you're brave for going inside the building i couldn't go inside the building

[@ginakhorsandpour4699]

The alarms are too much for me 😕

[@roberth2285]

I'm JFK class of 91, wild seeing this place again so surreal. I was runnin with the stoners back then, smokin weed and cigarettes on the side of the building past the blacktop with lookouts for mr. Kolka. Never got caught. My first acid trip was on a school day walkin down the halls between classes meeting up with the boys who were also trippin and busting out laughing. But we were cool with the jocks and preppies too because we sold them the weed and lit up their house parties.

[@xSephironx]

Oh shit, I dated a girl that went to this school. Didn't even realize it closed

[@WorldWideMediaGroup1]

i think file cabinets can be quite useful

[@overbanked]

It's kinda embarrassing for a high school to have a cafetorium. Interesting explore nevertheless

[@SarcasticMary]

Wait, did I read that right? Did that bin actually say acid?! This place gives me the creepy vibe, maybe cause it was so open and you didn't film anyone lol.

[@Fuzzybear422]

Cant believe they couldnt save that massive building

[@nikki3689]

What about all those personal records like about students health info etc

[@Karmy.]

That was my dad's HS, he was class of 1990 or 1991

[@jonmarquez128]

There is a spirit named Jeff that haunts this school! Its said he died in the 1970s when he fell off the balcony. 👻

[@Ryvzak]

I live right down the street from jfk, they tore it down sadly

[@remissiveslave]

Wonder if all the staff transfered or if people lost jobs

[@daisygirl1993]

You have a nice voice if you are making a tour guide

[@abandonedcentral]

Thank you so much!

[@daisygirl1993]

​@@abandonedcentral You're welcome

[@daisygirl1993]

​​​@@abandonedcentralI subscribe your channel! because you make mysterious or horror adventures for abandoned places you didn't recognize from the past

[@rusmiravic8763]

I went to this school

[@Aspiring-Hobo]

There are so many wise people who have said wise things could have been quoted, but they picked "You can't live your life according to maybes" .. I'm not sure what that even means. Cringe

[@remissiveslave]

All that confidential stuff left for whoever wants it.

[@NatashaWinikerei]

Hahaha lol I hope you make it out safe. 🤣🤣

[@darrenbarnhart6526]

They should rebuild the school incase Robert f somehow wins in 2024

[@darrenbarnhart6526]

Call it Robert f 75th president of united state private high school

[@snodgress137]

Looks like a lot of salvage stuff…money on the hood!!!

[@d.sack2727]

I was their that day fkr the gathering. I remember people walking around but don't remember the alarms going off... anyways, they let us into the school a month or so later to take stuff, and the people standing guard didn't give a shit and a few of us walked around taking pictures.