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Pierce Scool [sic]
Pierce Scool [sic]...long a Council Bluffs landmark, is schedule for demolition sometime in the near future. The 70-year old structure may make way for a modern steel cottage-type school building.
Plan 25-Room Grade School at the Second Avenue Site
The Second Floor Plan...calls for 12 classrooms and a large library. The combination gymnasium-auditorium at the east end would be a half=story below the second floor of the rest of the building because of the semi-basement rooms below it.
Plan 25-room Grade School at the Second Avenue Site
The First Floor Plan...calls for 12 classrooms. In addition to the manual training, domestic science and lunch rooms in the east wing. This wing would be constructed in a semi-basement fashion to provide for a boiler room and ease construction…
Plan 25-room Grade School at the Second Avenue Site
The Proposed Second Avenue School...would face Third avenue on the present Second Avenue school site. The 25-room brick structure would connect with the present cottage, shown at right, which would be remodeled and used as a primary unit. The…
Promise Buses To Solve DeForest Mud Problem; Rains Delay Sidewalk Construction.
Walking Through Mud...on Eighth Avenue between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth St. are Donal and Christopher McCullough. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCullough of 2310 Eighth Ave.
Racing Cars Aid Students In Class On Manufacturing; In The Halls Of Learning
Checking Their Cars...prior to a race at Edison School are Dallas Lidgett, Jackie Duncan and Mack Kinnaman. Their activities were part of a World Of Manufacturing program.
Reading, 'ritin,' and 'rithmetic
Looking Over The Site...of the one-room country schoolhouse are Emma Godfrey and Mildred Howart, both of Peterson school. The building is now in its third location since it was salvaged by the NRT as a Bicentennial Project. It is located a half…
Relaxation Theme Of New Counseling Center At T.J.
Mrs. Elsie Springer...guidance secretary in the new Thomas Jefferson High School counseling center, talks with Toni Head, a T.J. junior. The guidance staff moved into the newly remodeled office about two weeks ago.
Release Sketch of 8th Street School; $350,000 Building Would Face Ave. G.
Proposed Eighth Street School...will face Avenue G on the school's present site. The new building is expected to cost $350,000. Sketch by G.B. Larson
Remember when?
Remember when the Second Avenue School, 2209 Second Ave., provided the "Three Rs' to hundreds of Council Bluffs youngsters? The school was built in 1892 and replaced in 1950 by Edison School. Note the unusual cornices in the architecture and the…
Remembering a decade again
St. Albert's 1975 basketball team gets back together Friday night 10 years after capturing the state title. The state champs were honored during halftime of a St. Albert-Missouri Valley matchup. They also got to see on videotape machines their win…
Roosevelt School Fire: Over $500,000 Loss; Some 600 Students Get Holiday
Thousands of Gallons of Water...used to fight the Roosevelt School fire left steps, the school grounds and streets around the gutted building covered with ice. Firemen fought the blaze in mid-teen temperatures. Other photo on page 2.
Roosevelt School Fire: Over $500,000 Loss; Some 600 Students Get Holiday
School Holiday: A cluster of Roosevelt School students view the building after an early morning fire Monday did between 500,000 and $600,000 damage. About three quarters of the school was destroyed. Story on page 1.
Roosevelt School Fire: Over $500,000 Loss; Some 600 Students Get Holiday
Extreme Heat...from the fire that did between $500,000 and $600,00 damage to Roosevelt School left the interior of the old section twisted. A newer section, completed in 1953, suffered extensive smoke and water damage.
Rue renovation will bring school up to date
Rue Elementary is slated to undergo $887,000 worth of renovation including construction of an addition on the west side of the building over the next two years. The proposed addition is shaded in this architects' drawing. Bloomer, Walnut Grove and…
School Board Adopts Hare Suggestions; Planning Engineer Recommendations Are Followed
Washington School...would be abandoned by Hare and Hare plan but will be rebuilt by the School Board.
School Board To Study Pierce St. Site Again
Pierce Street Frontage...for the high school site proposed by the City Planning Commission is partially shown here. North Avenue (not pictured) is at left. Altogether seven homes line Pierce Street.
School Bond Vote Monday Is Important; "Welfare of Children Is at Stake," Claims Supt. Russel Mourer
Proposed Addition To Rue School...would extend south from present building with the portion containing the auditorium jutting to the west. The wind would include seven new classrooms. Main entrance would still be in the old building. Sketch by G.B.…
School head notes image is a concern
Richard H. Christie
School may keep Tinley for alternative learning
Mathew A. Tinley school