Artwork created by Field Elementary School students last year will be on display on Commercial Street this weekend. The Jefferson Avenue Footbridge Art Work Show will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. During the 2016-2017 school year, second-graders at Field raised more than $200 in pennies to contribute to the Save Our Footbridge campaign, sponsored by the Commercial Club of Springfield.
Doling and Pepperdine facilites for sale
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he Board of Education is seeking proposals for the separate sales of the Doling school property, 1423 W. Atlantic St., and the Pepperdine school property, 1518 E. Dale. Information about both properties can be obtained by contacting Sperry Van Ness/Rankin Company, LLC, A100, 2808 S. Ingram Mill Rd., 417-887-8826. All proposals or offers must be submitted on or before 3 p.m., October 16, 2017, to Sperry Van Ness/Rankin Company, LLC.
A pre-proposal meeting will be held on Aug. 30, 2017, at Kraft Administrative Center, 1359 E. St. Louis St., at 3 p.m. All interested parties may submit questions and obtain additional information about the properties. Following the meeting, written responses to the questions will be prepared and made available to all parties.
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Doling was declared surplus property by the school board in July 2017. Doling closed as an elementary school in 2002 and the facility was then used as administrative space. Pepperdine was declared surplus property in September 2015. Pepperdine closed as an elementary school in 2002 and was temporarily used to house alternative programs.
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