Bartlesville
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Bartlesville Public School Facilities

The site of this elementary school was part of the Limestone Prairie school district, with the Prairie School here from 1907-1939. Charles Skinner rescued the bell from the Prairie School and kept it at his home until 1957 when he donated it to the new Ranch Heights school. This facility was built in 1957 for $120,461. At that time it consisted of four classrooms, an all-purpose room, lunchroom, kitchen, teacher's lounge, and principal's office. Two classrooms were added in 1958 for $31,270. 1961 brought six new classrooms, an auditorium, a music room, and altered kitchen and lunchroom for $222,600. Two classrooms were added to Ranch Heights in a 1993 bond issue, and a 1998 bond issue provided for air conditioning in the gymnasium.

In May, 2007 a bond issue was approved that included eight new classrooms for the building and would relocate its office and main entrance and improve parking and traffic flow for the site. In September, 2007 the Bartlesville School Board approved a contract with Ambler Architects to provide architectural services to the District for the future addition. In December, 2007 Boldt Construction, Inc. was contracted to provide construction management services for the project. The summer of 2008 is to bring new heating and air systems, new ceiling tiles, made-over restrooms, and revitalized corridors.

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Granger Meador, gmeador@bps-ok.org