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Franklin Middle School | 300 20th Street NE | Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 | Phone: 558-2452 | Attendance: 558-2162
 



     
 

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.

Ruby
Byers

1924-1938

Malcolm S. Hallman
1935-1948

Paul
Miller

1948-1949

Bruce
Allingham

1949-1956

Dean
Stokes

1956-1957

Kenneth Iverson
1957-1959

Peter
Solar

1959-1967

Richard Manson
1967-1975

Kenneth H. Lemke
1975-1986

Thomas
VanDeest

1986-1993

Fred
Althoff
1993-2002

Colin Williams 2002-2005

Shannon Bucknell 2004-

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)





         
  • 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


Information courtesy of: Franklin Remembers.

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updated
September 28 , 2005