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Many Unique Features To Gunn's Converted House
Offering a Drink...to Leslie Finkel is Gregg LeDuc. Their water fountain is mounted on a kitchen sink. The cupboard at upper left will be used to store supplies.
Many Unique Features To Gunn's Converted House
In A Room of Unusual Size...these second graders are attentive to the instructions of Mrs. Dorothy Larson. The L-shaped classroom on the first floor goes through the arch of one room and to the left.
Furnace Blast At Gunn School Badly Burns Custodian Dixon; About 300 Pupils Evacuataed
Raincoats Used...by teacher to beat out flames on Gerald Dixon's clothing are viewed by James Burke, local fire inspector, and Gail Odem of Atlantic, deputy fire marshal.
Council Bluffs Schools--High School Additions
pho of artist's rendering of proposed addition to Thomas Jefferson High School. On back of photo: Proposed addition 1984, TJ
Council Bluffs Schools--High School Additions
Photo of the front (Broadway side) of Thomas Jefferson High School
On back of photo: 8-1967, about 27th
On back of photo: 8-1967, about 27th
Council Bluffs Schools--Hoover Elementary School
Head and shoulders photo of Allen Kurland, Hoover Elementary School principal.
Ceremonies open 4 school projects
Hoover Principal Dan Fellows gave a brief description of the addition that will be built at his building.
Schools In Bluffs Keep Advancing
Hoover School...was the first new educational building in Council Bluffs since 1939. It was constructed in October of 1950. Soon after it was built, many other schools began going up in the city.
'Grand Canyon' To Be Filled At Hoover School Playground; Mostly Caused By Rains.
Gaping Upward...on the hilly Hoover School yard is the hole washed out by heavy rains. The picture was taken from the second playground level.
Hoover School Rooms Burn; Arson Suspected
Custodian Ernie Reninger...starts to clean up the mess in one of two rooms at Hoover School which were damaged by fire early Tuesday morning. Larry Dagit, school district business manager, looks over the situation.
Hoover remodeling includes relocation of main entrance
Renovation and construction at Hoover Elementary, 1205 North Broadway, is estimated to cost about $1.77 million. Hoover is one of four buildings included in Phase 1 of the Council Bluffs Community Schools' Elementary Improvement Program. Work at…
Hoover remodeling includes relocation of main entrance
Renovation and construction at Hoover Elementary, 1205 North Broadway, is estimated to cost about $1.77 million. Hoover is one of four buildings included in Phase 1 of the Council Bluffs Community Schools' Elementary Improvement Program. Work at…
Council Bluffs Schools--Kirn Middle School
Aerial view of Kirn Junior High School and athletic field.
Council Bluffs Schools--Kirn Middle School
Photo of front of Kirn Junior High School with buses and students on the stairs and sidewalks.
Council Bluffs Schools--Kirn Middle School
Photo of the old Kirn school entrance placed in the media center of the new Kirn school, honoring Gerald W. Kirn with a photo of Mr. Kirn in an arched section of a wall, and a carved, stone cornice and peak with a shield bearing "1900." A man with…
Iowans of future, learn about the Kirn of the past
Over half completed on Jan. 26, 1979 is the new Kirn Junior High School at North Avenue and Highway 6. The facility, which will house up to 900 students, replaced the old Kirn School which was burned by arsonists. The new facility is scheduled to…
The Media Center
The Media Center...at Kirn provides students with a "wide-open" atmosphere that administrator's hope will invite students to come in. The back wall features the entrance to the original building and picture of the man for whom it was named.
Schools selling Kirn field despite 284-name petition
Area residents are protesting the sale of the old Kirn Junior High School field which sits on a bluff overlooking Council Bluffs. The school will put the property on the auction block Feb. 3. Area residents want the property turned into a public…
New School Site
More than five acres of land were purchased Wednesday for the new four-room primary school in the Harrison District. This picture taken facing south from the intersection of Grand and De Long Avenues, shows the plot. Facing Grand, it runs in an…
Struggling Onto The Last Lap
Struggling Onto The Last Lap...under loads of sleeping rugs, crayons, paint, molding clay and aprons, they head across the grounds to the new building. The same boys and girls will report directly to L and C after lunch Monday. About 55 first to…