Construction crews have unearthed a surprising piece of history while renovating a DeWitt school.
Construction workers told FOX 47's Megan Hiler that a change of plans caused them to take down a wall that originally wasn't supposed to come down.
Inside, they found the buildings 1969 date stone and were surprised by what was hiding behind it.
"As soon as we flipped the date stone--boom, voila. That's what we had, a box," Rohit Tilikar said.
Construction Manager Rohit Tilikar said when they found the time capsule from 1969 behind the date stone, the first thing he wanted to do was open it up to see what was inside. But he and his crew fought the temptation. Once the copper box was handed over to the district, Superintendent John Deiter says that he was surprised by the discovery.
"I've heard of schools doing this in the past but I didn't think we'd find anything like it. Its pretty neat, everyone is pretty eager to find out what's inside it," Deiter said.
Superintendent Dieter said that everyone in the district is excited, but they are taking their time on opening it.
"I think some people want us to get in it right now to see what's inside of it. Others want a ceremony to make a big deal out of it. Some people have even said that the original people wanted to wait 100 years not 50 years. So we want to wait and see, and really let out staff and students have a say in this too," he said.
The principal from the time, Jack Enderle, says he doesn't remember much about the contents, so he too wants to open it up.
"I think the people that were involved then will relate to it, students and faculty members. We need to see what's in it. That's the intent of it when we put it there," Enderle said.
There isn't a set date for when the district plans to open the box. The superintendent added that finding it inspired them to make a time capsule of their own.
