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Eastsiders Readying for School in 1950
About 1950 students return to Eastside schools on September 4 under Superintendent William G. Ward. The district includes 450 high school students across sophomores to seniors, 450 in the junior high, Banida with 21 in six grades, Franklin and Whitney with eight grades, Mink Creek with four. The board voted 22 to 2 to keep Banida open. The year features a faculty meeting August 31, a May 29 closing, a teachers institute the first week of October, Thanksgiving November 22-23, Christmas December 21 to January 1, and spring vacation with Washington's Birthday closing yet undecided. No harvest vacation planned.
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Eastside
William G. Ward
Banida
Franklin and Whit
Porter
Atute High
Dayton
Coomilng