1. Insurance Value $20,300
2. No Principal
3. 2 teachers for 8 grades
4. 44 students
5. Well water and outdoor bathrooms
6. Two rooms
7. Average teacher's pay $1,395
8. Dirt playground with broken equipment
9. Children went home for lunch
10. One story wood frame stucco building
11. Originally built in 1888

Walker School - 1948


1. Insurance Value $58,000
2. Principal's salary $3,285
3. 8 full-time and 2 part-time teachers for 8 grades
4. 222 students
5. Indoor plumbing and bathroom
6. Eight rooms
7. Average teacher's salary $1,930
8. New playground equipment on blacktop
9. Cafeteria
10. Two story brick school
11. Cost $90,000 to build in 1948
South Park Elementary School - 1948
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