ARTICLES BY PHOTO COURTESY OF LAILI KOMENDA

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West Valley School in 1962

The original structure of West Valley School, completed in 1962, had contained three classrooms and a basement, which served as a lunch room and community meeting center. The building cost approximately $42,000 to construct. The school would add on in the late 1960s, ’70s and ’90s as the student population …

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Prospect Park

Prospect Park was one of the five one-room schoolhouses that consolidated to become West Valley School. The original caption, date unknown, reads, “Prospect Park was a busy place Wednesday as the teacher and children prepared to move to the new West Valley school. Shown here are two boys going to …

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West Valley School

West Valley School Principal Dan Anderson, center, talks to parents before school starts Thursday, while paraprofessional Dick Rapacilo, right, acts as a crossing guard greeting students with his “Good Morning” sign and directing parking lot traffic. Rapacilo has greeted students at the crosswalk with his sign for seven years. West …

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