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Cool Facts
From the time
Franklin opened its doors in 1924, the school has had
many different principals.
Below are all the principals
from the earliest to the latest.
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Ruby Byers
1924-1938 |
Malcolm S. Hallman
1935-1948 |
Paul
Miller
1948-1949 |
Bruce
Allingham
1949-1956 |
Dean
Stokes
1956-1957 |
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Kenneth Iverson
1957-1959 |
Peter
Solar
1959-1967 |
Richard Manson
1967-1975 |
Kenneth H. Lemke
1975-1986 |
Thomas
VanDeest
1986-1993
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Fred
Althoff
1993-2002
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Colin Williams
2002-2005 |
Shannon Bucknell
2004- |
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Many changes have taken place over the 75-plus
years that Franklin has been educating students.
Below is a brief
chronology of Franklin Middle School's history.
- 1922-1924
- Junior High School
- Original Building
1933-1935
- Became Junior and Senior High School
- Addition to rear of original building
1938
- Current athletic field purchased for new football
field, track, and three tennis courts
1950-1955
- School rewiring and new stage light dimmer
1957
- Became Junior High School only
- Cafeteria remodeled
- Sixth Grade Classrooms (Room 130 and 132 located
within current Girl's Locker Room)
1958
- [Proposed construction not undertaken]
Home
and family classrooms in Rooms 218 and 220
Seventh
grade woodshop in Room 224 (Little Theater)
Instrumental
music in Rooms 318 and 320
Vocal
music in Rooms 322 and 324
Art
Rooms in Rooms 432 and 434
Counseling
center in current Main Office
Health
center in Room 300
- Acoustic ceilings
1960
- New school sound system
- Science lab tables
1961
- Current Main Office, Home Economics, and Boys'
Locker Room remodeled
1969
- Current Teachers' Lounge (Room 341) and Storeroom
(Room 343) replace lockers
1973-1975-1977-1980
- [Proposed construction not undertaken
due to unsuccessful bond issues]
New
IMC over Lower Gym with outdoor deck
New
music rooms (second floor) and social studies
classrooms (third floor) over Wrestling Room
New
Cafeteria in Rooms 116-122
New
light well rooms: Drama storage (second floor),
Language Arts planning rooms (third floor), Art/photography
classrooms (fourth floor)
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- Current IMC remodeled
- Current Cafeteria remodeled
- Current Lower Gym rear extension (22 feet)
- Current Girls' Locker Room and Wrestling Room added
1979-1980
- Current tennis courts added
- Current track and football field remodeled (creek
tiled)
- Coal furnaces converted to gas
- Exterior building cleaning and restoration
1983
- Coal access doors closed
- Auditorium windows bricked in
1985
- Curriculum Offices remodeled (Room 300)
1986
- Bowl entrance terra cotta spire lightning strike
-- repair cost $16,000
1987
- Became Middle School
1991
- Stairwell fire door enclosures added
1995-1996
- Interior painting and current Auditorium
restoration
1998
- Networked computer installation
1999
- Seventy-fifth anniversary
2002
- Interior restoration of a section of the original
ceiling in the IMC
2002-2004
- Plumbing, electrical, heating, air-conditioning and
facilities updating
- Interior Painting
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Information courtesy of: Franklin Remembers.
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Franklin Home
updated
September 28 , 2005
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