Roof construction has upended the routine at John W. Decas School, but administrators said staff and students are making the best of a difficult situation.

On Wednesday night, Decas School administrators told the School Committee that staff have found creative ways to work around the construction, which has forced educators to deal with space constraints.

Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood offered her thanks to staff and students.

“We greatly appreciate their flexibility,” said Shaver-Hood. “They have provided wonderful educational opportunities to their students in a most unfortunate situation.”

Assistant Principal Bethany Chandler agreed, listing a number actions teachers have taken while construction is ongoing.

Chandler noted hallways and lobbies in the school are being used as classroom space and storage, one teacher has turned a cart into a “classroom on wheels” and one hallway is affectionately being called the “clubhouse” by first grade students who are using it as a learning space.

The disruption is due to work being done to replace the nearly 50-year-old roof over one wing of the building.

A vote at Spring Town Meeting authorized officials to borrow up to $2.4 million to repair a section of the roof and replace antiquated boilers at the school. Up to 70 percent of those funds will be reimbursed by the state. Work started in the fall and is projected to be finished later this year.