“Facelift underway at Crescent Harbor ElementaryThe problem with sprucing things up is that it can make the things you’re not sprucing up look even worse than they did before.It’s so ugly, said Gary Goltz, the Oak Harbor School District’s construction supervisor about the main entry of Crescent Harbor Elementary School Thursday morning. It’s ugly and it keeps natural light from coming through.In fact, the whole school is looking a bit turned on its ear these days as it undergoes a $2.3 million remodeling project that will eventually create computer-ready classrooms, improve air flow, conserve energy and provide new technology.But the original plans didn’t call for much remodeling on the school’s entry doors and facade. Goltz said he thinks he may be able to use some cost savings from other parts of the project to add entry improvements to the design.I mean, it’s the first thing people see, he said. The entire project is set to be completed by February so the school’s kids can move back in. So far this year they have been holding classes at the old North Whidbey Middle School buildings on N.E. Fourth. When the Crescent Harbor kids return to their own school, kids from Clover Valley Elementary will move into the old middle school while remodeling work cranks into full gear at Clover Valley.It’s all part of a five-year, $26 million districtwide remodeling and construction bond approved by voters in 1996. With state matching money and interest income the entire construction budget is more than $42 million. By the time the plan is completed, nearly all the district’s schools and operations buildings will have undergone some degree of upgrading.For the moment though, Goltz is pleased with the progress at Crescent Harbor. A lot of the new thermal windows are already in place and a new roof is just about done. The front half of Crescent Harbor was first built in the late 1950s and a back half was added in the early 1970s.Goltz said the school is in reasonably good shape for its age and hasn’t needed the massive repair required at other buildings such as Oak Harbor Middle School. He estimates that the Crescent Harbor project is currently about 10 days ahead of schedule.Once completed, each classroom will be wired for six computers and will be hooked to a districtwide communication system. There will be telephones in each room and school staff members will have voice-mail. Some of the most extensive work is being done in the library area where a new computer lab will be set up. “