This isn't as nice as we would like it to be, but unfortunately it's the only way. Technically, the door could not be closed as it currently is in an emergency. In a real emergency, it would probably take about 30-45 seconds before the fire door could be pulled shut. The board and monitors rest on a ledge that runs the entire width of the
theatre, so the whole thing would need to be thrown onto the ledge just to the left of the door and then it could close freely. This is not suitable for normal use since it would be very hard on the board, but during an actual emergency that is probably the best way to do it.
This is what seems to be the best option right now. However, like everything else in a school, it takes considerable time before anything will happen. One possibility is as follows: at the next school board meeting, the principal will present a proposal to the board, who will then create a subcommittee devoted to analyzing the relative advantages and disadvantages of rehanging the door. After a 12-18 month experimental period, they will present their findings to the board in the form of very colorful and impossible-to-read graphs on poster board, which may or may not be supplemented by old men speaking in monotone voices. Shortly thereafter, the board will
call for a vote as to the future of the rehanging of the door proposal, after which the funds for said rehanging will have to be obtained. Most likely, this will cause for a raised yearly budget for the district, which will then need to be presented to voters as the new budget for the next year. After this is voted down by voters, the committee will continue to debate long and hard to find a method of rehanging the door which would not involve a raise in taxes. Of course by this time we will all be long gone and may well be enjoying senior discounts at the movies, while we laugh over the continued debate of the relative advantages and disadvantages of rehanging said door in said location. They will never realize that two high-schoolers, a
power drill and a screwdriver would be able to do the job at no charge and in about 90 seconds.
Alas, the wonders of the public school
system.