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In 2004 work was completed on a $ 4.8 million expansion which added a new wing containing classroom space and a library expansion. This additional space was needed to replace portables, which had once more been employed. The current school encompasses 55,037 sq ft (5,113.1 m) on
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Montessori program for grades Pre-K-1st grade. The program grew over the following decade to include five classrooms through the 5th grade. Although the program was well attended and supported by the community, it created division as well due to the fact that
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school a few blocks away. The original building was used intermittently over the next couple of decades as an annex to
Brighton—it was referred to as Brighton Beach or Little Brighton. The old schoolhouse was removed in 1943 and the site became a public playfield.
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Graham, who originally settled this area in the mid-1850s, and as a nod to its location at the top of the ridge separating Lake
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