Schools out for summer, schools out forever! Photo #1 by Brook Ward

The Detroit Public Schools Book Depository has been abandoned since a fire struck the building in 1987. “No more pencils. No more books. No more teacher’s dirty looks.” Photo #2 by Thomas Hawk

Summer’s almost here, abandoned school in Detroit. Photo #3 by Thomas Hawk

East wing at Rosewood State Training School aka Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, Maryland: The photographer noted, “Established in 1888 as an ‘asylum and training school for the feeble-minded,’ renamed Rosewood Training School in 1912, once occupied nearly 700 acres and housed more than 3,000 individuals. Downsized over the decades and closed in 2009.” Photo #4 by Forsaken Time

Rays of sun shining into a classroom at an abandoned reform school. Photo #5 by Luca Rossato

An old projector at an abandoned University in Belgium. Photo #6 by Sebastien Ernest

“Close the window please …” Urbex Belgium university. Photo #7 by Sebastien Ernest

Woodwork Department at Eastmoor Reformatory school, UK. The photographer wrote, “This room is a large one at the top of the building’s western quadrant. It features a large set of skylights, some of them broken, so grass and moss have begun to carpet the floor here.” Photo #8 by Tom Blackwell

The Preston School of Industry, also known as Preston Castle, is located in Lone, CA, and was abandoned in 1960. The photographer wrote, “Built in 1894, this imposing Romanesque Revival was one of the earliest and best-known reform schools in the United States. Moved by reformists who decided that wards of the state should probably not be kept with criminals (they were originally locked in San Quentin), California established the Preston School of Industry as a center where these children could learn life and trade skills. Running from 1894 to 1960, wards have included heavyweight boxer Eddie Machen, ‘Bakersfield Sound’ musician Merle Haggad, Beat artist Neal Cassady (aka Dean Moriarty) and author Eddie Bunker. The building was closed in the 1960s and is slowly being restored, funded by guided ghost tours. The Preston Castle is said to be haunted by housekeeper Anna Corbin, who was murdered in the basement in the 1950s.” Photo #9 by Wayne Hsieh

Inside at former Preston School of Industry: “Restraint Is In Order.” Photo #10 by Johnny Grim

Preston Castle is allegedly haunted. Paranormal investigations at the property were “featured in an episode of the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures with Zak Bagans, the The Atlantic Paranormal Society team of Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson on SyFy’s paranormal show Ghost Hunters, Conversations of a Serial Killer – Richard Trenton Chase Episode by Two-Four Productions – England and Cartoon Network’s The Othersiders.” And “This place way creeeeeeeeeeeeepy,” according to the photographer. Photo #11 by Kevin Cortopassi

Locker Stumble at abandoned school in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo #12 by Martin Gonzalez

Alice Cooper – School’s Out (live). Video #1 by iConcertsTelevision

Inside an abandoned girls’ school in the UK. Photo #13 by Paul (howzey)

Graffiti at an abandoned school in Berlin. Photo #14 by mazzi

Abandoned Schoolhouse in Smithfield, Virginia. Photo #15 by George Pankewytch

Inside decaying schoolhouse in Smithfield. Photo #16 by George Pankewytch

Abandoned Bennett School for Girls, Bennett College, in Millbrook, New York, founded in 1890 and closed in 1978. Photo #17 by Natasha Mileshina

Crumbling Bennett College. Photo #18 by Justin Glass

Sunlight streaming into an abandoned Girls’ School in the United Kingdom. Photo #19 by Paul (howzey)

Urbex England, derelict and decaying girls’ school. Photo #20 by James C Farmer

The School Play, abandoned Texas school. Photo #21 by Martin Gonzalez

Mossy swimming pool at abandoned Eastmoor Reformatory for Boys. Eastmoor in Adel, in Leeds, opened in 1857 as Leeds Reformatory for Boys. Photo #22 by Tom Blackwell

1960s magazines in Eastmoor. It later became more of a self-contained village, until abandoned in 2003. Photo #23 by Tom Blackwell

This is the interior of a crumbling chapel which is part of the derelict complex formerly known as Eastmoor Reformator. The photographer wrote, “Such institutions were once more commonly called ‘borstals’; facilities where young offenders and children who were failing to integrate with society were sent to a secure environment to be taught practical skills so they could find a vocation or gainful employment. This chapel was built in 1887 and was also where the children would meet for daily assemblies. The bars at the side of the room are from when the building underwent a conversion to a gymnasium in its later years, before the school closed and its walls fell silent for the last time.” Photo #24 by Tom Blackwell

Abandoned School Gym in East Liberty, Pittsburgh. Photo #25 by Brook Ward

Old school, new graffiti in Pittsburgh. Photo #26 by Brook Ward

Decaying university slide show in Belgium. Photo #27 by Sebastien Ernest

Out of order, abandoned school in Georgia. Photo #28 by George C Slade

Playoffs long forgotten at an abandoned reform school. Photo #29 by Luca Rossato

Abandoned Chianan Home Economics Vocational High School, Taiwan ruins. Photo #30 by Wandering cheese dry

Inside Taiwan ruins of Vocational High School. “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. Teachers leave them kids alone,” ~ Pink Floyd. Photo #31 by Wandering cheese dry

Pink Floyd-Another Brick In The Wall from the movie The Wall 1980. Video #2 by Pink Floyd via mic20001957

“Hey, Teachers, Leave Them Kids Alone!” Photo #32 by Thomas Hawk

Belgium University. “All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.” Photo #33 by Sebastien Ernest

Forgotten university laboratory in Belgium. Photo #34 by Sebastien Ernest

Golden piano in abandoned school in Gary, Indiana. Photo #35 by Jonathan Haeber

Row upon row of seats at the decaying Bainbridge school auditorium in Maryland. Photo #36 by StudioTempura

School’s out, nature reclaiming an old school gym, beautiful decay. Photo #37 by Michael Kötter

Main Building: Mansfield Training School and Hospital “was a facility for the mentally retarded located in Mansfield, Connecticut, and run by the state of Connecticut. It was active from 1860 to 1993. Its former campus in Mansfield is a 350-acre (140 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The caretaker’s residence was featured on the SyFy channel’s Paranormal Witness on September 28, 2011 as a location of alleged paranormal activity.” Photo #38 by reivax

Which way at the abandoned Girls’ School. Photo #39 by Paul (howzey)

Lecture room at abandoned university. Photo #40 by Sebastien Ernest

Back of Rosewood State Training School in Maryland. Photo #41 by Forsaken Time

“Special” school bus. Photo #42 by Paul Gorbould

Rusty, crusty slide at Pennhurst State School and Hospital. This place was “originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic is positioned on the border between Chester County and Montgomery County in Pennsylvania. Pennhurst was an institution for the mentally and physically disabled individuals of Southeastern Pennsylvania. After a decade of controversy, it closed on December 9, 1987.” Photo #43 by corrine klug

Dangerous, dusty High Explosive case at derelict St Edwards Catholic School. “School’s out for summer. School’s out forever. School’s been blown to pieces…” ~ Alice Cooper. Photo #44 by Dan Morrill

Abandoned gym at decaying Pripyat school in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. “Out for summer. Out till fall. We might not go back at all.” Photo #45 by Michael Kötter

This stack of literature books lay on the third floor burned and rotting at abandoned Detroit Publix Schools Book Depository. “School’s out forever. School’s out for summer. School’s out with fever. School’s out completely.” Photo #46 by Shane Gorski