A small group is making a last-ditch effort to save the former elementary school and gym, saying a July vote by the Haines Borough Assembly to demolish the buildings was premature.

They believe an advertised project to remove the gym floor is the beginning of the end of the building.

“They’re tearing down a $2 million building in order to take out a floor…They can’t see a future for the old gym. They can’t see…