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Bennett School

2/4/2013

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I was called early this morning to substitute in Mattoon back in my old classroom at Riddle Elementary.
I always enjoy going "home".
Turning the key of the classroom door and walking into the room felt very familiar.

Riddle is a beautiful new school that opened in 2003,
and when we moved into it from our old school buildings,
we felt like our "dreams had come true".

Today, though, after school,
I found myself at the empty spot where the old Bennett School in Mattoon once stood.
I did my "student teaching" at Bennett on the second floor,
and I can remember clearly the the wooden floors and the old granite steps that were worn in the middle.

Today a brick memorial garden holds the remains of Bennett School on the lot where it once stood near Lytle Park
.

Nearby, the flag still flies on the flagpole that once witnessed thousands of students enter and leave the door of that old school.

~Nancy ~ 35/365

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