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The elementary school that I attended, Roosevelt Elementary in Kenmore NY, has shut its doors for good.

Miss Schneider, Mrs. Richner, Mrs. McGuire, Miss Seweski, Mrs. Thom, Mrs. Heinz and Mr. LaPre.
Still in touch with Mrs. Thom.

Hanging on the walls of those hallways were copies of Wyeth's Christina's World, Millet's The Gleaners and Rousseau's Sleeping Gypsy.

The bay window in  the library.

Sermons in stone and angels in the architecture.



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