Work has begun to create a central public entrance point for Hood River Middle School.  Hood River County School District Superintendent Rich Polkinghorn says the facility has been difficult to secure because of the number of doors it has, adding to get to the main office to check-in visitors had to walk through the hallways of the school.  Polkinghorn says the work currently being done will change that.  He says in the sunken courtyard between the old school building and the newer sixth grade wing, a new connection between the two is being built that will include a new main office, and it will become the school entrance.  The project should be finished sometime during the holiday season.