#ABANDONED SCHOOL CODE#
The old frame building was in disrepair, the cafeteria had health code violations, and a lack of space for students. They had one bus that picked up 38 children and traveled 120 miles a day. Ballard.īy 1950 improvements throughout the school were needed. They had the only shoe repair class in Stillwater instructed by J.F. Oftentimes going above and beyond to make sure they got just that. Principal Lee Ward was dedicated to providing his students with the best education in the state. A place that brought them together and provided more than just education. The community embraced the facility referring to it not just as a school but as their heritage. Known as the Washington Bears, the school was named after prominent African American figure Booker T. The first senior graduating class graduated in May 1939 in the unfinished gymnasium with four graduates. The contract for construction was let to McMillin Construction Company of Enid. Ground was officially broken for the one-story brick school with four classrooms on December 19, 1938. At that time the foundation for the auditorium/shops building had already been laid. This building was later demolished in the 1950s. The present building would be moved to the southern end of the property and continue to house classes until the work was done and then be transformed into a nursery school. Another grant of $17,000 from the school district would allow for a total of $30,000 to be used for the construction and furnishing. Price received the telegram on Octofrom Senators Josh Lee and Elmer Thomas stating that $13,909 from a Public Works grant had been set aside for the expansion/new building of Washington School.
Superintendent of the “current” Washington School, E.D. That was until 1938 when the African American citizens of Stillwater rejoiced at the news that a new separate high school would be built in town. With no separate high school, they would have to move to Oklahoma City, Norman, Guthrie, Tulsa, or Langston. From 1900 to 1938 African American students living in the Stillwater community could only attend up to eighth grade locally.
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