Missoula Citizen was told that Franklin School was one of the best built schools in Missoula and did not need to be demolished.

In my conversation with a fellow Missoula citizen I learned that others believe that Franklin School was one of the best built schools in Missoula.

I agree as a family member and I walked around Franklin School before the demolition and found that the foundation of Franklin was in quite good shape. There were a few minor stress fractures, however, these could be easily fixed. Additionally, one of the fractures that was larger than the others was on the older section of the building and was causing a little bit of damage to the bricks above the fracture. This, too, could be fixed without too much trouble or expense.

One of the reasons that a neighbor suggested for the demolition was that a city official had friends in the building industry and that because the city was running out of money for building projects the powers that be decided to use the schools bonding capacity to put his/her building friends to work.

I have no knowledge of this but would not be surprised if this were true.
Edited on 6-13-17