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History

Ki date depi 1856, Lekòl Vil Lima yo gen yon istwa trè rich ki ranpli ak istwa enteresan e enpòtan. Chak jou, nou kontinye bati sou istwa sa a ak plas nou kenbe nan kominote nou an.

1856-1899

Kòmansman

Anvan lekòl piblik yo te fè pati Lima, anpil timoun te edike lakay yo. Gen kèk fanmi ki gen anpil richès ki te voye pitit yo nan lekòl nan lès la. Gen lòt ki te ale nan lekòl abònman, kote paran yo te peye pwofesè a selon kantite matyè pitit yo te pran. Nan yon tèm tipik 13 semèn, yon pwofesè te touche $3 pou chak elèv ki pran lekti, òtograf, ekri ak aritmetik.
Direktè lekòl tankou John Ward te anseye anviwon 25 elèv nan ansyen tribinal Lima a an 1832. Nan ane 1852, demann pou lekòl yo t ap grandi. Akademi Lima a te devlope kòm yon lekòl prive jiska 1856.
An 1853, Lejislati Ohio a te pase yon lwa pou “pi bon règleman lekòl yo nan vil yo ak nan vil yo”. Nan sezon prentan 1856, yo te òganize yon eleksyon lokal pou adopte òganizasyon lekòl piblik yo pwopoze lejislati eta a. Avèk pasaj lokal li yo, lekòl piblik yo - Lima Union Schools - te kòmanse an septanm 1856.

 

Premye klas lekòl piblik yo

Premye klas lekòl piblik Lima yo te fèt nan sousòl Legliz Episkopal Metodis (kounye a Legliz Metodis Ini Trinity) nan kwen lari Market ak West.
An 1858, premye bilding lekòl Lima a te koute $20,000. Bilding nan twa etaj, 12 chanm, pita yo te rele West Building, te kanpe sou kare High, North, Pierce ak McDonel lari. An 1860, yo te adopte yon kou kat ane lekòl segondè. Premye kòmansman Lekòl Segondè Lima a te fèt 3 jen 1864 epi enskripsyon distri a te rive plis pase 500.

 

East Building

Rive 1871, sistèm lekòl la te vin twò gwo pou yon sèl bilding epi East Building te bati sou North Pine Street pou $46,000. Bilding an brik twa etaj te gen 14 chanm, yon sal asanble, ak biwo pou direktè a ak sipèentandan. Lekòl segondè a te fèt nan etaj anwo yo ak klas elemantè yo nan etaj pi ba a.
Avèk dekouvèt lwil oliv nan ane 1880 yo, Lima te grandi rapidman. Moun te soti toupatou. Pou Lekòl Inyon Lima yo, sa vle di plis elèv ak bezwen pou plis bilding. Enskripsyon yo te rive nan 1800, ak 30 oswa plis nan fakilte a.

 

Sou entènèt jwèt Building Boom

Lincoln School nan lari Vine ak Elizabeth se te twazyèm bilding lekòl piblik ki te bati an 1882. Se te yon bilding brik uit chanm. An 1888, yo te ajoute Irving School nan Grand Avenue ak North Elizabeth Streets epi 1890 te wè fini Lowell ak Washington Elementary Schools, sou West Spring Street ak South Pine Street, respektivman.
Whittier School kat chanm te bati sou Reese Avenue an 1891 e li te elaji a sis chanm an 1905. Longfellow School te bati nan kwen Shawnee ak Market Streets an 1892. 
An 1897, Emerson School te bati sou North Jefferson Street ak Solar Avenue School, Richardson School ak McKinley School te swiv nan fen syèk la. Whittier School kat chanm te bati sou Reese Avenue an 1891 e li te elaji nan sis chanm nan ane 1905. 

 

Toubiyon detwi East Building

Nan dat 24 septanm 1898, yon tònad te detwi East Building nan North Pine Street. Istwa istwa yo sonje domaj yo: “Yon tònad te gaye nan syèl la e li te frape Bilding Lès la. Klòch de mil liv la jete nan twa etaj nan sousòl la. Si tanpèt la te rive nan yon jou lekòl, 300 timoun yo ta kraze. Yo te demoli bilding lan san repare.”
Apre sa, klas segondè yo te fèt nan Holland Building nan kwen sidès Main ak High Street. Klas elemantè yo te fèt nenpòt kote chanm te disponib jiskaske Garfield School te bati nan ansyen anplasman East Building an 1899.

1900-1949

Lima High School

At the turn of the century a new high school was needed and controversy brewed over where to locate it. The Board of Education decided to locate the high school between McDonel and Pierce streets with the building facing High Street. 
Lima High School, later to become known as Central High School, took 182 days to complete. The building opened in 1905 and cost $75,000. Today the Federal Building occupies that site.

Franklin Elementary School occupied the North Street portion of the Central High School site although the schools were not joined for another 20 plus years.
Horace Mann School at Jameson and Rice Avenues was originally The Lima College. In 1908 the Lima City Board of Education purchased it to use as an elementary school.

 

South High School

The population in Lima continued to grow. Lima High School was overcrowded and residents in the south part of Lima wanted a high school nearby for their children.
In 1917, the South High School building cost $247,000 to construct. Architect Thomas McLaughlin dedesigned South High School and other Lima landmarks including the Hughes-Russell mansion - part of the West Market Street Golden Block in the late 1800s and now home to the YWCA - Memorial Hall, and Lima Stadium between North Street and Bellefontaine Avenue. McLaughlin was a Lima Schools and Columbia graduate.

 

Cross Town Rivalries

The Central High School building expanded in 1917 with the addition of an administration building, auditorium and gymnasium. This expansion connected Central to the Franklin Elementary building.
Six years later, building programs started again. In 1923, Jefferson and Roosevelt Schools were built and in 1924 construction started on a new Faurot School. The first Faurot School was an eight-room mansion acquired from the Baxter family, relatives of Lima millionaire Benjamin Faurot.
With two high schools, cross-town rivalries were sure to happen. The first South/Central football game was played in Lima Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1936. Lima Stadium was dedicated that day and recently has undergone many improvements.

Lima Stadium was built through the Work Progress Administration with the Board of Education paying 55 percent and the federal government the remainder. The total cost of the construction was $63,855.13. In March 2002, Lima Stadium was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. A renovation project began in 2014, followed by the school board voting to change its name to Spartan Stadium. It was an effort to continue the momentum of a renewed Spartan pride and spirit.

 

Major Building Project Begins

Education continued to grow and improve in Lima and the district’s construction phase began again with Superintendent Gordon Humbert. In 1947, Lima residents approved a $3 million bond issue to replace seven schools with six new ones. 
Lincoln, Irving, Horace Mann, Lowell, and Emerson Schools were replaced. Washington and McKinley Schools were combined into one new building.

 

Dedications

Lincoln, Lowell and Irving were dedicated in 1950, the rest of the schools in 1951. Located on Calumet Avenue, Washington-McKinley was the largest of the six new elementary schools.
Next on the agenda—the construction of Lima Senior High School. For 10 years, the Board of Education studied the idea of combining Central and South High Schools’ students. The recommendation was to build on the 10-acre tract of land off of Pierce Street, land already owned by the schools.

1950-1989

Original Lima Senior High School

An 1951, votè yo te ale nan biwo vòt yo pou deside sò yon lekòl segondè $3.5 milyon dola. Prelèvman an te pase jis. Gen kèk rezidan ki te mande yon rekotaj 13 biwo vòt kontwovèsyal, men paske tout biwo vòt yo ta dwe gen pou yo konte, jij la deside pa gen okenn rekontaj.
South Tigers yo ak dragon santral yo te byento vin Lima Senior Spartans yo. Lima Senior High School te louvri an 1955 ak 63 sal klas, yon jimnastik 4,200 syèj, yon oditoryòm 1,100 syèj ak yon kafeterya 600 syèj. Li te koute $3,466,250 pou konstwi ak seremoni dedikasyon yo te fèt an Out 1955.
Enskripsyon nan lekòl Lima a te kontinye grandi. An 1955 te gen 14 bilding elemantè e Sid ak Santral te vin lekòl segondè. Konbine ak nouvo Lima Senior High School, total enskripsyon nan distri a te 9,275 elèv. Yon lòt lekòl primè te bezwen sou bò lwès Lima a. Westwood Elementary School sou Cable Road te louvri an 1960. Se te premye nouvo bilding anba Plan Pay-As-You-Go-Plan te apwouve pa votè yo an 1957.

 

Dife santral

An 1962, Lekòl Elemantè Edison, ki te rantre nan South Junior High, te dedye. Lekòl Whittier ak Irving te ajoute nouvo adisyon an 1963. Menm ane sa a, yo te bati yon sant edikasyon sou Calumet Avenue pou yon pri $150,000, epi li te deplase biwo sipèentandan an nan Central Junior High.
Nan lane 1965, distri a te rive nan enskripsyon prèske 11,000 elèv. Ane lekòl sa a te make tou yon chanjman nan lidèchip e Doktè Earl McGovern te vin nouvo sipèentandan an.
Doktè McGovern te nan biwo yon ti tan lè 27 fevriye 1966, Central te boule. Kafeterya a ak 31 salklas yo te detwi. Swasanndis ponpye te goumen dife 1.4 milyon dola a pandan sèt èdtan. Volontè yo te pote dosye lekòl yo ak lòt bagay ki ka sove nan bilding lan.
Yo konnen dife a kòm dife ki "chanje Lima." Distri a te deside pa rebati Santral, men li te konstwi de nouvo lekòl segondè katran apre.

 

Nouvo Lekòl Segondè Junior

Touswit apre dife a, Lima Senior te ale nan sesyon trip pou akomode tout elèv yo. Gen kèk elèv ki te ale lekòl a 6 a.m., lòt moun nan mitan lannwit. Komisyon Konsèy la te bezwen aji. Nan mwa Novanm 1966, votè yo te apwouve yon prelèvman pou konstwi twa nouvo lekòl ak konstwi adisyon nan kat lòt. Faurot, Lowell, Jefferson, ak Roosevelt te ajoute nouvo adisyon. Bilding orijinal Whittier te demoli epi adisyon 1963 la te konekte ak yon nouvo adisyon.

De nouvo lekòl segondè te konstwi—Lima West Junior High School nan College and Hazel Avenues an 1968, ak Lima North Junior High School nan O'Connor and West Streets an 1969. Chak bilding te koute anviwon $1.3 milyon pou konstwi.
Konstriksyon bilding yo te kòmanse ankò an 1971. Eta a te apwouve fon korespondans pou yon zèl pwofesyonèl $1.4 milyon nan Lima Senior. Pandan 25 ane kap vini yo, kèk nan bilding lekòl yo te wè remodèl epi Lima Stadium te sibi renovasyon ki gen ladann yon nouvo chemen pou tout tan.

1990-Present

Nouvo Konstriksyon

Konstriksyon yon nouvo lekòl pa t sou ajanda a jis nan ane 1999 lè Lima te pami premye distri ki te vin kalifye pou nouvo bilding lekòl atravè Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC). OSFC te ofri pou finanse apeprè 90 pousan nan pri a.
An Novanm 1999, yon emisyon bond 4.15 mil te pase ak sipò 67 pousan votè distri a. Anplis pwoblèm kosyon 4.15 mil, votè distri a te apwouve tou yon kosyon .95 mil pou rezon akizisyon sit ak bati yon oditoryòm. Dezyèm kosyon an te nesesè pou mete yon oditoryòm nan nouvo lekòl segondè a. Atravè eta a, lajan yo te disponib sèlman pou yon konbinezon kafeterya/oditoryòm. Avèk anpil pwogram boza nan Lekòl Vil Lima yo, 62 pousan votè distri a te pwopoze ak sipòte dezyèm bon an.
Atravè pwojè bilding lan, tout bilding distri a te renove, konvèti oswa ranplase. Apre anpil diskisyon ak OSFC, plan final yo se te renovasyon Lima North Middle School, konvèti Lima West Middle School nan yon lekòl primè, epi konstwi kat nouvo lekòl primè, de nouvo lekòl mwayen ak yon nouvo lekòl segondè.

 

Nouvo Non Lekòl yo

Nan mwa Oktòb 2001, yo te òganize yon evènman "Non lekòl sa a". Yo te resevwa plis pase 200 sijesyon epi yo te rasanble opinyon sou yon maskot ak koulè nan tout distri a. Soti nan sijesyon yo, komite a te ofri senk tèm ak plizyè non pou chak tèm: Ansyen Alumni Distenge Enskri nan Hall of Fame; Moun ki pi popilè nan Ohio; Prezidan Ohio; Ameriken pi popilè ak Patriyotik.
Rekòmandasyon an gen ladann kenbe non lekòl presegondè yo ak lekòl segondè yo menm. An janvye 2002, Konsèy Edikasyon an te vote pou aksepte tèm Patriyotik la epi li te bay non lekòl primè yo: Freedom Elementary School sou Calumet Avenue; Heritage Elementary School sou College Avenue; Lekòl Elemantè Independence nan Metcalf Street; Lekòl Elemantè Liberty nan Kibby Street; ak Lekòl Elemantè Unity nan East Third Street.
Konsèy la te apwouve tou ajoute Lima nan non chak lekòl presegondè. An Desanm 2001, Komisyon Konsèy la te apwouve Spartan a kòm maskot pou tout lekòl nan distri a ak wouj ak gri kòm koulè yo.
Pandan kominote a t ap travay sou non lekòl yo, moun yo te ofri volontè pou fèmti ak ouvèti lekòl yo espesyal. 

 

Selebrasyon Retounen

Dimanch 5 me 2002, Lekòl Vil Lima yo te fè yon Selebrasyon Retounen. Lekòl yo te louvri nan apremidi a epi yo te fè yon kout seremoni fèmen sou gazon devan South Middle School a 4:30 p.m. ak mizik pa Lima Senior Symphonic Band. Yon lansman balon te fèt nan fèmen seremoni an. Patisipan yo te lanse 500 balon, nan tout koulè lekòl distri a, kòm yon fason pou sonje istwa distri a epi anbrase nouvo epòk la.
Nan Lima Senior, yo te montre dokimantè "Remalling the Past - Shaping the Future" nan oditoryòm nan e anpil lekòl te fè jounen an espesyal pou envite yo ak albòm ak foto. Yon ti liv komemoratif, ki prezante tout lekòl nan distri a, te prezante bay envite yo. Plis pase 2,000 moun te patisipe nan Selebrasyon Retounen an.

 

Building Boom kontinye

Nan dat 3 jen 2002, te fèt twa inogirasyon pou Lima South Middle School, Lima Senior High School ak konvèsyon ansyen West Middle School nan nouvo Heritage Elementary School.
Lima South Middle School chita sou ansyen anplasman South High School epi li enkòpore karakteristik achitekti bilding orijinal la. Yo te achte prèske 200 pasèl pou achte sit 38.5-acre pou nouvo Lima Senior jis nan bò solèy leve nan Lima Stadium. Sit la gen ladan tou pwopriyete kote East Building te kanpe nan fen ane 1800 yo. Kèk santèn moun te rasanble pou inogirasyon Lima Senior ki te asiste pa Gouvènè Ohio Bob Taft ak anpil ofisyèl lokal ak eta.
Nan dat 26 out 2002, twa nouvo lekòl te louvri nan Lima epi renovasyon nan Lekòl Entènèt Lima North te fini. 
Freedom combined elèv ki soti nan yon pati nan Edison ak Washington-McKinley Elementary Schools ak Unity konbine elèv ki soti nan yon pati nan Edison ak Whittier Elementary Schools. Lima South Middle School gen pwogram Magnet Syans-Teknoloji nan lekòl presegondè a epi kounye a tout lekòl presegondè yo sèvi klas senkyèm jiska uityèm ane.
An Desanm 2002, konvèsyon nan Heritage Elementary School te fini. Eritaj konbine elèv ki soti nan Horace Mann, Westwood ak pwogram Emantè Arts elemantè.
Nan dat 3 jen 2003, egzakteman yon ane apre inogirasyon pou Lima Senior ak anivèsè premye kòmansman Lima a, de dènye inogirasyon pwojè bilding sa a te pwograme pou Lekòl Elemantè Endepandans ak Liberty. Akòz move tan, inogirasyon yo te ranvwaye pou vandredi 6 jen.
Independence se sou ansyen sit Irving la epi li konbine elèv ki soti nan Lekòl Elemantè Irving ak Emerson. Liberty se sou tè a ant ansyen Lincoln Elementary School ak orijinal Lima Senior High School. Li konbine elèv ki soti nan Faurot ak Lowell Elementary Schools.
Nan mwa Out 2004, Lima South Middle School, Lima Senior High School ak Independence Elementary School te louvri. Nouvo Lekòl Segondè Lima a gen 284,861 pye kare ak yon oditoryòm modèn, sant medya ak jimnazyòm pou yon pri apeprè $35,000,000.
Lekòl Elemantè Liberty te louvri nan mwa janvye 2005 sa ki te make dènye pwojè bilding lan.
Nan ane eskolè 2006-2007 la, Distri Lekòl Lima City selebre sesquicentennial li ak tout bilding nouvo ak renove.

 

Reòganizasyon

Chanjman ki pi resan an te vini jis kèk ane de sa ak yon reòganizasyon nan tout distri a. Yon bilding magnèt klas 8yèm ane te louvri nan Lekòl Elemantè Liberty ak Sid te vin lakay yo nan jadendanfan jiska 8yèm ane pwogram magnet syans ak teknoloji.

Biwo administratif distri a, yo rele kounye a Sant Edikasyon Dr. Earl McGovern, yo te deplase tou nan yon zèl nan Sid. Ansyen sant edikasyon an te fèmen.

Lekòl presegondè distri a te wè tou yon chanjman. Lima North se kounye a lakay elèv klas senkyèm ak sizyèm ane ak Lwès lakay yo pou elèv setyèm ak uityèm ane. 

Nan kòmansman ane 2013, konsèy lekòl la te vote pou retire Lima Senior High School lwen konsèp ti lekòl yo, ke li te fè depi 10 zan.

Lè ane eskolè 2013-14 la te kòmanse, Lima Senior te retounen nan yon sèl lekòl segondè, li te re-anime lespri Spartan ak fyète.

Menm ane sa a distri a te lanse yon pwojè renovasyon stad la $1.8 milyon dola. Konplete nan tan pou sezon foutbòl 2014-15 la, konsèy lekòl la chanje non li Spartan Stadium. Se te yon efò pou kontinye momantòm yon lespri Spartan k ap grandi ak fyète. 

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