Quote Originally Posted by HOT ROD View Post
Not to be a negative Nancy, but would you naturally look and tell this was a school vs. say a jail? I think we missed the point of a downtown school - to create a show palace of education rather than just an arguably insignificant building that poorly uses valuable downtown space.
No way Rex Elementary could be confused for a jail - the old jail is a much more attractive and place-making building.

I guess I am old enough to remember when school buildings reflected the collective pride of the community and its commitment to education. Then again, maybe our current crop of lack-luster school buildings still DOES reflect the collective pride of the community and its commitment to education.