School District Decision
Mar 19, 2023 10:02:06 #
home brewer wrote:
We lived way out the city limits and I attended kindergarten in a elementary starting in 1955 school I road a school bus 3.2 miles one way for about 2 years until a new school elementary school was built 1.2 mile bus ride because US30 was in the way. The middle school I attended was a 2.8 miles bus ride. I walked and then drove 1.4 miles to the new high school.
In my day, it was called "grammar school." My school closed a couple of years ago - not enough kids. There was no middle school. We went directly to high school.
About thirty years ago, the local elementary had to add temporary classrooms - like trailers because of increased enrollment. Now, it might close because of decreased enrollment. It's a tough situation. They need enough space but not too much space.
Mar 19, 2023 10:12:02 #
jerryc41 wrote:
In my day, it was called "grammar school." My school closed a couple of years ago - not enough kids. There was no middle school. We went directly to high school.
About thirty years ago, the local elementary had to add temporary classrooms - like trailers because of increased enrollment. Now, it might close because of decreased enrollment. It's a tough situation. They need enough space but not too much space.
About thirty years ago, the local elementary had to add temporary classrooms - like trailers because of increased enrollment. Now, it might close because of decreased enrollment. It's a tough situation. They need enough space but not too much space.
The baby boom after WWII was underway when I started school in 1953. I couldn't go to kindergarten in 1952 because Louisville schools were too crowded and there war room only for 1-6 elementary. In the 2nd grade my classroom was a "portable" building. They were prefabbed and dropped on site by trucks, wired, and furnished. No restrooms though; they were in the main building.
Mar 19, 2023 11:50:48 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I grew up on Long Island, and schools were within walking distance - whatever that is. Today, I'm sure the kids ride busses.
I grew up in Flushing, NY, and had the unique situation that I was able to walk to Elementary school, High School, and College, all from the same house, shown as Home in the map below. The longest walk was to my High School, about 1.6 miles.
Mar 19, 2023 11:59:33 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
I grew up in Flushing, NY, and had the unique situation that I was able to walk to Elementary school, High School, and College, all from the same house, shown as Home in the map below. The longest walk was to my High School, about 1.6 miles.
Same here. I was but two blocks from my elementary school, 1.5 blocks from my junior high, and 2.5 blocks from my high school. Not one still exists as a school, though.
Mar 19, 2023 12:55:05 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
I grew up in Flushing, NY, and had the unique situation that I was able to walk to Elementary school, High School, and College, all from the same house, shown as Home in the map below. The longest walk was to my High School, about 1.6 miles.
That's one advantage of living in a community.
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