- City:
- Lubbock, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
“In the heart of the Great Depression, five small rural elementary schools were consolidated into Cooper Rural High School, District 1, to give more rural students a chance for a high school education. …
The New Deal era was an opportune time for school districts to build schools. The Cooper Rural High School building, which was opened in 1938, cost either $83,000 or $84,000, depending on the source you use, but the bond costs to taxpayers was about $40,000.
The rest of the money was paid by a federal Public Works Administration grant.”
The status of the original structure within what is now a much larger educational complex is unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 182. https://lubbockonline.com/education/2012-06-29/lubbock-cooper-isd-just-completed-its-75th-annidversary-year#.VFhb3GOd2M8Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 3, 2014.
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