I cannot get over the grade school I attended - Garfield (the President) Elementary School. The building went condo, and the old pictures shared with various classes, teachers, and the principal.
Whenever I add something to the Moline Memories blog, I think of those days. They were teachers and my friends. Best of all, my fellow students loved my teacher (Gladys Jackson) and wrote to her many decades later. The alumni kept writing and talking about her, thanking her.
Many of the lady school teachers also taught Sunday School. Yes, teachers were energetic and loved. They went home to cook supper. They also supported and swarmed the PTA - Parent Teacher Association. That meant DESSERT! for all ages, plus more serious foods and competition for the best.
Much of that could be restored, but that would take an enormous response to all the benefits still possible.
