Lincoln Junior High celebrates new school building      

[FEB. 26, 2005]  Lincoln Junior High students are enjoying a stunning new school building. While a morning dedication and an evening open house were just held this past Thursday, classes actually began in the new building on Jan. 31.

The three-story, $13.5 million to $14 million facility features a state-of-the-art computer lab and a science lab. Seventh- and eighth-grade students and teachers have been enjoying the new building since the end of January, when they gradually moved themselves over to the new building.

The move for the 250 students was change from snug and dark to spacious lightness, as they have been cloistered a couple of blocks away in the old Central School building. That building had just been vacated by Central students, who had just moved to their new building almost next door.

The old junior high was demolished and the new school was erected on the same site.

Both school constructions were funded by state construction grants and locally by a tax increase approved by referendum.

Sixth-grade students will join the student body next year.

Curt Nettles serves as principal of the Lincoln Junior High.

Logan-Mason-Menard Regional Superintendent of Schools Jean Anderson writes: "We welcome the new Lincoln Junior High School to our community. It is a wonderful facility and will provide Lincoln’s sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students with a bright, spacious, state-of-the-art environment for many years to come. We were pleased to have had the opportunity to work with Lincoln Elementary District 27, Superintendent Dr. Robert E. Kidd, the board of education, architect Mr. Dave Leonatti, and representatives of the S.M. Wilson Company throughout the construction process. Congratulations to the students and their parents!"

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