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I remember the old elementary school, which I attended in 1959-61. It was a 3-story brick monstrosity, that was already past it's usefulness. For fire exits, it had metal tube slides, so fire drills were more exciting to us than to children going to more modern schools. It didn't even have a bell system - just a big bell, much like the Liberty Bell, hanging from a bell tower. The rope to ring it was on the 3rd floor, and the principal would let the 6th-graders ring it. The building was so old that plaster was falling from the ceiling. But when it came time to make the decision to replace it, a two-year-long fight followed. Some of the school board members had attended the old school, as well as their parents and grandparents. Finally, in about 1962, the present building was built, and the grand old building, with it's heavy colonial woodwork and turn-of-the-century style, was ripped to the ground. After all the fuss the school board put up to save the historical building, it amazes me that I can't even locate a picture of it on the web! - Georgia Vallejos

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