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Official records state that the F1 tornado touched down to the south in Monroe at approximately 12:31 p.m. EST (17:31 UTC), moving north for around nine miles (14 km) to the East Coldenham area. [6] As the storm struck the elementary school, approximately 120 children were eating lunch in the school cafeteria.
The event has been widely referred to as the "East Coldenham Elementary School disaster", as all 9 fatalities occurred when a wall located in the cafeteria of the East Coldenham Elementary collapsed, killing 9 students who were eating lunch.
During the 1950s, new elementary schools were built in Balmville, Gardnertown, East Coldenham, Leptondale and Union Grove. Fostertown School retained its older building, but the first of several modern additions was constructed in 1957. Each of these elementary schools had their own locally elected school boards.
East Coldenham – A hamlet and the site of the East Coldenham Elementary School disaster in 1989. The hamlet is a part of the Valley Central School District. Named after Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776), last Royalist Lieutenant Governor of New York Province prior to the Revolutionary War, and an author, botanist, surveyor and farmer.
When it was built it was the school for all ages in the village, but became an elementary school when the district was created in the late 1950s. In 2008 it was named a high-performing/gap closing school under the reporting requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. [2] Fifth-graders go on to Valley Central Middle School. This school has 1 ...
St. Peter's Regional School – Closed in 2019, [41] with 42 students; was the final remaining Catholic school in Sullivan County; school became an early learning center in 2016 after an earlier plan to close the school was canceled; the Catholic schools in closest proximity to St. Peters are Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School in ...
Mar. 21—Long-time music educator Tim Clemmons will be staying around East and West Elementary until June, but in a symbolic send-off Tuesday, he gave those attending the Cullman City School ...
Sister schools with Neighborhood School, East Village Community School, Earth School and Tompkins Square Middle School [2] PS 363: Neighborhood School: East Village: Share a building with PS 163 (S.T.A.R. Academy) [3] PS 364: Earth School: Lower East Side: PS 452 Upper West Side: PS 527: East Side School for Social Action: Yorkville, Manhattan ...