Historic Dallas Elementary and Middle Schools
Several Dallas Elementary and Middle Schools (11 to be exact) are slated to be closed for the next school year. The Dallas Independent School District, which has a history of closing historic schools, sites budget cuts, increased building costs and struggling enrollment as the main reasons for the closure of the schools. Unfortunately, these schools are extremely important and valuable, not just from an architectural standpoint, but from a community standpoint. These schools are located in the heart of several, well-established and older neighborhoods in Dallas and add to their stability. One of the schools, James Bonham Elementary, originally constructed in 1924 and named Vickery Place Public School, was rated exemplary and was also a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School. Another school, the 108-year-old David Crockett Elementary School, was recently sold to a private company and now sits in a state of disrepair. If this is to be the future of the award winning James Bonham Elementary, as well as the additional 10 to be closed, then it will be a terrible loss for the city of Dallas and it’s students.
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