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Barclay School. Barclay was one of many local schools at the time including, 7th Street School (later called Eastham), Canemah, Lower Logan, Beavercreek, Maple Lane, Mt. Pleasant, Park Place, Holcomb, Crescent, Henrici, Hazeldale, Twilight, Jennings Lodge, Clairmont, and Echo Dell. Newer versions of several of these first schools still functioned in the district well into the 20th Century. The first Oregon City High School building was constructed in 1910 on the corner of 12th and John Adams and opened in September 1911. The district grew so rapidly that in 1915 a bond was approved to expand the facilities and by 1936, a new three-story brick building was built. When they moved the high school population to the new building, the former High School building was used as Oregon City Junior High from 1936 to 1955. Sadly by 1954 the building was overloaded with more than 500 students and was judged unsafe. In 1954 a bond was again passed to build a new Junior High named Thora B. Gardiner Junior High School; joined by Ogden Junior High School 10 years later in 1965 and Moss Junior High School in 1976. Although by the late eighties the district was growing, and in 1985 Moss Jr high school was closed and converted to a freshman only campus opening in 1989 leaving the Oregon City High School with only 10th through 12th graders. Due to changing districts and budget shortfalls in 1985 Barclay Elementary was closed and the students were rerouted to other local elementary schools. Eastham Elementary followed being shuttered in 1992 although the district re-purposed the building and opened it as a community schools’ hub.
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Elementary. With Oregon City continuing to grow more changes where needed and in 2012 the district elected to close two elementary schools. Mt. Pleasant and King closed at the end of the school year and the school board reformatted the middle schools to a 3-year program now including 6th grade. In March 2014, the City of Oregon City uncovered historical documents that noted the property gifted to the school district to use for Barclay School was given with the clause of being used for a “free and public school”. Barclay Elementary was closed in 1985 and had been functioning as a community school building bringing in rental revenue for the district. With this newly found information the city and the school district came to an agreement. The city needed a new police station badly and the district needed a clear title to the Barclay site and funds for improvements throughout the district. Although they have not release details of the transfer, construction started at the Mt. Pleasant site in the summer of 2019.
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Atkinson recommended building an all-female school on land donated by Dr John McLoughlin. Money was gathered for construction by many families in the area including Governor George Abernathy whom loaned $ 6,000 to the project. By 1851 construction had reached more than $ 10,000, although a section of the interior was left unfinished due to economic shortfalls. Due to ongoing financial problems the school property reverted to Gov. Abernathy due to the unpaid loan. In 1850 the Methodist Episcopal Conference bought the building and land in 1856. Reopening 2 years later now called the Oregon City Seminary the newly co-ed school was headed by Rev. Dr George Atkinson starting in 1861. Rev. Dr. Atkinson was a force in the education of Clackamas County, working tirelessly through his life to open a total of 88 schools in the still rural area.
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Barclay and an 1862 he suggested that the city council rent the building of the Oregon City Seminary for $ 150 a year and Reverend Atkinson was retained as principal. At this point this property was deeded to the city council in 1867 to be used for a “free and public school. It was the first publicly owned school property in the city. On August 3, 1853, the first public school was finally established by the city council on this site.
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District is 61 years, with two being over 80 years old. It is planned that Gardiner Middle School will be replaced with a new school at the current site. Ogden Middle School will be expanded and the current portable classrooms in use will be eliminated. The two middle schools are over 140% capacity as the city continues to grow. The remainder of the bond’s funds are earmarked for infrastructure updates throughout the district to heating, plumbing, and structural concerns. Also planned are security overhauls to many of the buildings, adding a lock down system and entry cameras to enhance student safety.
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