Kohfeldt Elementary School At 1705 13th Ave N.

[jfre81]

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This is not just any demolition. This is what's left of Kohfeldt Elementary School in Texas City, where long time ago - long before the Internet, back when MTV was still about music - I went to school.

Unfortunately I didn't get down here in time to show that building when it was still standing, even if partially.

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Back there was the playground. They used to have recess in schools. I think it's too much of a liability now. No wonder why kids are fat.

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We had field day where this parking lot is. You know, where everyone does a tug of war and long jump and this-and-that and everyone gets a ribbon at the end, even if you sucked. They called it "positive action." I know I have lots of self-esteem now. The parking lot came after I moved on, but now it's all that's left.

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To the right, the ruins of the cafeteria, where we were fed nutritious food like (and this was what it was called on the menu, even if it really wasn't) pizza and chicken fried steak. To the left, the half-demolished auditorium.

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And here's one of the agents of destruction right here.

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Look inside and you can see the back wall of the stage. Lots of Christmas musicals, assemblies etc. I don't remember it being written anywhere but it was probably against the rules to throw bricks and debris onstage. Maybe they sent these guys to the principal's office.

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The bathroom in the lobby is a little less private now.

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The west wall of the auditorium. We looked forward to going here, because it meant we weren't in class.

A few hours later this is what it looked like....

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On the other side of the auditorium is Levi Fry Intermediate, fifth and sixth grade, where I also went. And which is also getting acquainted with a bulldozer.

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Many a schoolyard scrap happened here. I was even in a couple of them. It was like UFC, only without the octagon.

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My fifth grade homeroom.

Anyway, I came back a few days later...

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Yep, those are the steps of the auditorium.

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The cafeteria.

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And now Fry's getting smashed.

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This used to be the main entrance.

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The assistant principal's office was roughly in the middle of this shot. Not that I was familiar with it or anything.

Oh, and guys, that library building back there was built in the 1950s too! Get rid of it at once!

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So kids, the lesson for today is that even in a town where nothing much ever changes, it's all about the new and shiny. All of this is making way for the new high school, and the schools are being rebuilt elsewhere.

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Class dismissed.

[sevfiv]

From what was left, looked kinda neat...

[jfre81]

I didn't really appreciate it much when I was younger, but now that every new school building looks the same, I do.

The current high school was built in the same era, same basic style and it's to live on as the new junior high, at least for the time being.