April 4

New School Built in Coalhurst

 By Brendan and Kayla 

 Sheri Clifton who was a grade 6 student and Barry York who was in grade 1 did the honors of breaking ground at a ceremony when they started to build the school. The shovel and pick that were used were donated by John Walker. His father was a miner in Coalhurst. They are still at our school!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This new school cost about 3.5 million dollars and took a year to build. The students would watch the progress of the new school from the old school but they could not go on the construction site. Only Arnold Kornelsen the principal was allowed on the job site. He even had his own hard hat.The frame of the atrium was not built here it was brought in by a crane. The kids had fun watching it being brought in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In December of 1990 the janitor Mrs. Barclay learned how to control the computers in the new school. All together there were 12 classrooms, a large office space, a kindergarten room, two student services rooms, a large gym and a library. On January 15, 1991 the students moved to the new school. Most of them had to move their own desks. 

 The whole school was moved in by noon. The grade 5/6’s and ECS were at the high school had to get help by trucks. There were no boot racks and there were only 2 water fountains. Everyone was very excited about being all together in the new school.  Then…on January 31st one set of the doors of the school blew off on a windy day!

 In 1990 the kids buried a time capsule under the school but it is under the cement slab.  The people we asked thing it is under the preschool.  We are going to make a time capsule and put it in the crawl space under our school for our town’s birthday next year. Comment to give us ideas about what we should put into it!

 


Posted April 4, 2012 by darlenehubber in category 1913-2013

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