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Architect Hopes Whole Design Of School Will Be Considered; Rather Than Any One Phase
This Scale Model...of the junior high school proposed for construction at Twenty-first St. and Avenue G will be shown to the public Wednesday night. Academic classrooms are in the section with the long window wall.
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.
Bluffs Keep Advancing
Walnut Grove Addition...was another project completed by the School Board since it launched its program 5 years ago.
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.
City's Newest School
City's Newest School...is Washington School on Scott St. and Washington Ave. The $458,000 building will be ready for students when school begins on Tuesday.
Council Bluffs Schools Board and General File 1
Franklin Pierce School building, looking east
Council Bluffs Schools--Board and General File 1
James McMillen School building at 16th Street and Eighth Avenue, looking southwest
Council Bluffs Schools--Walnut Grove Elementary
Photo of schematic of Walnut Grove Elementary School addition, site plan
Council Bluffs Schools--Walnut Grove Elementary School
drawings of north and south elevations of Walnut Grove Elementary School addition
Council Bluffs Schools--Walnut Grove Elementary School
Walnut Grove Elementary School, prior to 1951 addition, looking at the southeast corner from Avenue J.
Franklin Feels Age; Would Be Razed
Crumbling Brick...in a basement classroom at Franklin School is held by Principal David McConnell. Overcrowded conditions at the school force use of the basement both as a storage area and classroom.
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.
New School Will Face Scott St.; Proposed Building to Cost $475,000
Proposed New Washington School...will cost an estimated $475,000. The three-story section of the building will face Scott street; the two story section runs back along the Ross street side of the present school site. Sketch by G.B. Larson, arthitect.
New School Will Face Scott Street; Proposed Building to Cost $475,000
Peeling Plaster...does not arouse school pride in youngsters. This group of eighth grade students try to make their room attractive despite the ugly corner.
Old Crescent School Will Go On The Auction Block
To Be Sold Saturday...this old school building at Crescent holds a host of memories for many of the citizens of the community who attended school here. It is nearly 60 years old.
Peterson School Has 'California' Motif
Light and Airy: Abandoning the customary monumental design of earlier school construction, the new 13-room Peterson grade school was given a "California" motif. The structure at Twenty-sixth Ave. and Ninth St., photographed from the northeast, is…
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 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.…
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…