Summary A short history of WMS, starting in 1906! The file has some nice pictures and other info not in the text below.
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Citation Building for Learning, Seattle Public School Histories, 1862–2000
File WMS-History.pdf
Few schools can look back in their history and find a grade school,a junior high school, and a high school. In fact, at its inception in 1906 as Franklin School, Washington had a dual purpose.
An impressive old-world style building opened in the 1906–07 school year as Franklin School, named for Benjamin Franklin, the American statesman and inventor. Not only did it house 316 students in grades 1–8, it also held the High School Annex, which moved to Franklin from Summit School. In 1907–08, the main school on Broadway was renamed Washington High School, so the upper-grades program at Franklin was renamed the Washington High School Annex. When the high school was renamed Broadway in 1908–09, the program at Franklin became Franklin High School. With the increase in Seattle’s high school enrollment, the elementary program was closed at Franklin, and the school operated solely as a high school from 1909–12.
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