HOUSTON— Key Middle School is at the center of a crisis.

Officials are debating to either close the school or renovate the building.

“They should fix it. It’s a landmark. This school has been here for years,” said Ronald Simpson. His child goes to the school.

“Close it because they are covering it what they were supposed to have done, but they didn’t do anything really,” said Tosha Moore.

Closing the school was an option, at least until Monday.

That’s when 11 News made several phone calls, started asking questions and eventually discovered that Superintendent Dr. Abe Saavedra has agreed to make repairs.

It’s reported that Dr. Saavedra has promised to use bond money to renovate the school.

At least, that’s what trustee Carol Mims Galloway says Saavedra told her earlier Monday.

“He’s listening to the community and the parents as well as myself and he’s in support of us having the funds to fix the problem,” she said.

HISD’s spokesperson, Terry Abbott, says that the bond program repairs at Key Middle School were approved by voters in August 2007.

Still, some people were hoping for a new school.

Administrators closed it for most of the school year after teachers and students complained the building was making people sick.

“Our concern is will the condition of the building ever be good enough for the community. We have to make that decision,” said HPD spokesperson Terry Abbott.

A decision, that 11 News is told, has already been made.

Making future of Key Middle, for now, a little more certain.