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The abandoned Truman elementary school caught fire today. Closed for nearly 20 years its fate is definitely sealed. Go see it before it is torn down. NE 13th and Kelham. “There was somebody with fireworks and then I saw the smoke coming out of the top of the building, and then I called the fire department,” said the resident, who asked not to be identified. “It’s ridiculous, truthfully. They say the east side (of town) is bad anyways and this just makes it even worse.” quote from neighbor who saw the fire begin. (newsok.com) The building at 1324 N Kelham Ave. has been vacant for more than 20 years, said Oklahoma City Public Schools spokeswoman Kathleen Kennedy. A neighbor said the school has been used for storage, but Kennedy said she couldn’t confirm that. The school was closed in 1987 as school officials faced pending state funding cuts, according to Oklahoman archives. Then-Superintendent Arthur Stellar said closing Truman, which didn’t meet fire code standards, and another school was a “more humane” way to address budget cuts than reducing staff or instructional costs. The school had survived closure threatened during previous rounds of budget cuts.
Truman originally was one of the city’s all-black schools. Oklahoma City’s school board ended segregation in 1955.
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Damn kids screw up everything for us explorers. Someone needs to go grab some pics after everything settels down but before they tear it down! Keep us updated!
Nooooo! I hate it when things like this happen. If old buildings dont get torn down, they end up catching on fire one way or a nother, seems to be their ultimate fate…
Just a question: Was name of school changed sometime? Truman was virtually unknown in 1930s when school was built.
the name of the school was Bath,i think it was the developer of that area.
1930’s is a very general date, I’ll do some more research it might not be named for Harry Truman
This school was in top condition until the whole fire happen. Maybe a few broken windows.
I take a shortcut to work that goes by this. They are tearing it down now, the cool part is the bricks are all being stacked onto pallets to be re-used.