Grade School
"New grade school built by PRRA in puerto Rico." National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 69-PWA.
Description
The PRRA built rural schools across the Island through its Program of School Construction. Between 1937 and 1938, “The Federal government authorized the expenditure of $3,000,000 by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration for school buildings. Of the original grant, $1,000,000 has been spent.”
The exact location and status of this facility are unknown to Living New Deal.
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“Project 8-B3-4 – Ceiba – Construction of school building. (Submitted by the Insular Government)”
Rural School in Ceiba
"Project 8-B3-4 - Ceiba - Construction of school building. (Submitted by the Insular Government)"
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“Project 8-B3-4 – Ceiba – Construction of school building. (Submitted by the Insular Government)”
Rural School in Ceiba caption
"Project 8-B3-4 - Ceiba - Construction of school building. (Submitted by the Insular Government)"
Source notes
Annual Report of the Department of the Interior, For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1938, By United States. Dept. of the Interior, Washington: 1938, p. 38.
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 3, 2017.
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