Monday, September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017 - Comment posted to KGVO's facebooks page - Re - closed schools in Missoula
Read a comment made on the KGVO Talk Back program on September 11, 2017 regarding how decisions made by Missoula County Public Schools effect an entire community. the comment focuses on closed schools - this blogs most despised concept.
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Friday, September 8, 2017
September 2017 KGVO News article on the state funding problems for schools - readers need to copy and paste to read article
Click the link below to read an article found on the KGVO News web page regarding state school funding. (hope the web connection works!😁
http://newstalkkgvo.com/governor-should-accept-blame-for-school-budget-cuts-and-lack-of-transparency-says-state-superintendent/
Note: It appears that the link does not automatically open. If you are interested in reading the article please copy the link and paste it into the search area on your computer. This is until I learn how to get links to automatically open!
Monday, September 4, 2017
missoulaschoolwatchdog didn't realize the extent that the bond work would demolish our Missoula school history
So much sadness. So much despair.
This may be an exaggeration for some. Even for those who grew up in Missoula.
But not to many Missoulians or even to those who care and value history and historical school buildings and other historical buildings such as the Missoula Mercantile.
The Missoula Mercantile was certainly a landmark - built in the 1880's by the McCloud family (not sure of the exact history). The demolition of the "Merc" was such a tragedy!
Since the November 2015 school bond passed we have seen the loss of such treasures as Franklin School. It was built in the early 1900's, being one of Missoula's first schools. Additions to Franklin were added throughout the years so that the entire Franklin School building was really not that old. In fact, and some people may be angered by this - the newest addition was constructed less than a decade ago and cost the taxpayers a half million dollars. This addition was demolished - the demolition itself costing thousands of dollars to be sure(not certain on the costs of the entire demolition or the costs of the demolition to the approximately 2009 addition).
Then the entire inside of Lowell School was gutted. When on a tour we saw that the gym had been left intact(as was Franklin's), however, everything, and I mean everything else had been gutted. I did see a token bell as a decoration though.
So that the demolition of Willard really has hit me hard. I have a total feeling of despair - a huge weight of sadness that the MCPS school district chose this course of action. Such a beautiful building with so many wonderful features that cannot be duplicated now.
These decisions will have negative repercussions throughout our city for generations.
So sad!
So unnecessary!
Drain that MCPS Swamp! Drain that swamp! Drain that swamp! (A take off of a rally during the presidential election.)
This may be an exaggeration for some. Even for those who grew up in Missoula.
But not to many Missoulians or even to those who care and value history and historical school buildings and other historical buildings such as the Missoula Mercantile.
The Missoula Mercantile was certainly a landmark - built in the 1880's by the McCloud family (not sure of the exact history). The demolition of the "Merc" was such a tragedy!
Since the November 2015 school bond passed we have seen the loss of such treasures as Franklin School. It was built in the early 1900's, being one of Missoula's first schools. Additions to Franklin were added throughout the years so that the entire Franklin School building was really not that old. In fact, and some people may be angered by this - the newest addition was constructed less than a decade ago and cost the taxpayers a half million dollars. This addition was demolished - the demolition itself costing thousands of dollars to be sure(not certain on the costs of the entire demolition or the costs of the demolition to the approximately 2009 addition).
Then the entire inside of Lowell School was gutted. When on a tour we saw that the gym had been left intact(as was Franklin's), however, everything, and I mean everything else had been gutted. I did see a token bell as a decoration though.
So that the demolition of Willard really has hit me hard. I have a total feeling of despair - a huge weight of sadness that the MCPS school district chose this course of action. Such a beautiful building with so many wonderful features that cannot be duplicated now.
These decisions will have negative repercussions throughout our city for generations.
So sad!
So unnecessary!
Drain that MCPS Swamp! Drain that swamp! Drain that swamp! (A take off of a rally during the presidential election.)
Friday, September 1, 2017
September 1, 2017 - Many of Missoula's school children used to walk home for lunch!
In the September, 1st, 2017 edition of the Missoulian in the obituary section was the death notice of a long-time Missoula resident/mother/grandmother.
Her name is Alice "Jean" Cleaves.
As I read about her life I noticed that the following sentences, "While caring for their children she enjoyed reading, needlework, gardening, and volunteering for school activities. She was one of those moms who always had a good meal waiting when the kids came home for lunch."
Her name is Alice "Jean" Cleaves.
As I read about her life I noticed that the following sentences, "While caring for their children she enjoyed reading, needlework, gardening, and volunteering for school activities. She was one of those moms who always had a good meal waiting when the kids came home for lunch."
Prior to around 1981 most of Missoula's school children attended a nearby neighborhood school and were able to walk/walk quickly, or run (done all of these!) home for lunch. Children used to be able for the most part to walk or bike to and from school. And many if not most were able to go home for lunch!
Some of my good school memories are of the lunch boxes I used to take to a Missoula school while growing up here in the '60's and 70's. Precious. I loved that red plaid lunch box, especially.
August 24 - continued Report on Lowell School open house - the exterior
It would be better to divide the report on the Lowell School open house on August 24 in two parts - the exterior and the interior, that is the inside and the outside. This would enable the posts to be shorter - the plan is to make the posts shorter so as to make the blog more user friendly.
This post will be about the new exterior of Lowell School.
The lawn in front of the school has been replaced with cement and landscaping. All older trees have been removed. Second, the shell of the school has, fortunately, been left intact - it is so beautiful so I was glad about that. The back of the building was connected to a new addition on the west side. So-that part of the historical building has been eliminated.
The Phillips Street entrance is where the school officials wanted people to enter. So we did not go into the main entrance. At first glance, it appears that the structure of the inside of the front entrance as seen from the outside was not changed totally, however the beautiful woodwork was either painted over or had been removed.
This post will be about the new exterior of Lowell School.
The lawn in front of the school has been replaced with cement and landscaping. All older trees have been removed. Second, the shell of the school has, fortunately, been left intact - it is so beautiful so I was glad about that. The back of the building was connected to a new addition on the west side. So-that part of the historical building has been eliminated.
The Phillips Street entrance is where the school officials wanted people to enter. So we did not go into the main entrance. At first glance, it appears that the structure of the inside of the front entrance as seen from the outside was not changed totally, however the beautiful woodwork was either painted over or had been removed.
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