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A64409-6
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- 1952-02-01 (Creation)
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In February of 1952 Franklin School at 3202 South 12th Street was full to over flowing as the post war "baby boom" generation filled Tacoma's schools. Tacoma found a temporary solution to its student space problem by building temporary classrooms, the first of which were built at Franklin in the summer of 1949. In an appeal to voters in 1952 to vote "Yes" on school propositions, it was announced that 50 portables were in operation in Tacoma. A new permanent addition was completed at Franklin School in 1953; by then it had an enrollment of some 800 children. A completely new Franklin School opened in 1998. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen; TNT, 2/21/1952, p.A-3)
Public schools--Tacoma; Franklin School (Tacoma); Baby boom generation--Tacoma; School overcrowding--Tacoma;