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Work continues on gym despite letter from fire marshal
Franklin Youngsters...still use the playground outside their old school built in 1892. The School Board has ordered the district to reopen the old gymnasium on the right, as the new Franklin School has no gym.
Council Bluffs Schools--Franklin Elementary School
Crossing the street to their new school are Franklin Elementary School kindergarteners. The new facility, which was supposed to be ready for classes last August, was finally opened this Tuesday. It was ready for classes Monday but snow canceled…
Basics Are Key At Franklin
Explaining How...the new Franklin Elementary School will look when completed is Principal Ramona Cramer. Gerald Madsen, instrumental music instructor, surveys the area to pick out where he will teach students.
Brick Work
Brick Work...on the new Franklin School is complete as the building nears occupancy sometime this month. The old Franklin School, in the background, will be torn down once students have moved.
Site Work Is Continuing
Site Work Is Continuing...at the location of the new Franklin Elementary School which will house 425 students. The structure, which is being built, at Thirty second Street and Avenue C, south of the present building, is expected to be ready for…
Franklin Feels Age; Would Be Razed
Meeting With Students...at Franklin School in the basement classroom, McConnell notes that many of the major cracks and holes have been temporarily patched and painted.
Council Bluffs Schools--Franklin Elementary School
Photo of a diagram of the site for the new Franklin School, showing the existing school, Avenue C, 32nd Street, and the site for the new school.
Edison School Displays Flag Which Flew Over The Capitol; Thanks To Policeman's Son
Raising Flag...that flew over the U.S. Capitol are Richard Youngs, Mrs. Lois Booth and Pat Moore, while the rest of the Edison fifth grade class watches. March 31, 1964
Edison School Settling Is Called An 'Emergency'; To Eliminate Red Tape
Drawings For New Primary School...in the north part of the Harrison district show a "cottage-type" building. The site is at Grand and De Long avenues.
Schools In Bluffs Keep Advancing
Edison School...was built at Twenty-second St. and Third Ave. in September of 1952. It replaced the old Second Avenue School. Edison has more classrooms than any of the other structures built under the School Board's program since 1950/
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…
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 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.
New Woodland School Opened; Replaces Burned Structure Last Year
Woodland School...opens its doors Monday to its first classes.
Washington School Being Replaced
Work is now underway on the new $458,040 Washington School. A dirt loader is being used in the excavation work by Andersen Construction Company, general contractors. The new school will face Scott Street. The present school is in the background.
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.
New School Will Face Scott St.; Proposed Building to Cost $475,000
Catching Rain Water...at Washington School is Joseph G. Basch, 2121 Avenue A., custodian. Students have to walk around the buckets on rainy days.
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.