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Location: 1450 Avon St

Jim Markos: Old Logan was historically interesting and significant, and there was some beautiful old architecture in there. You walk in the front door, go up maybe 10, 12 steps, and then to get to the second floor, there were staircases that rose on the left and right, and it was just really neat-looking. My room was directly under the chemistry lab. The chalkboards were sometimes wet in the morning, and we wondered if the liquid that was in the chalk tray actually came from the chemistry lab. We were very careful. 

In winter, the heating was not good. We had a radiator, but only the couple rings in the radiator would get warm. It was hot water heat. So in order to combat the system, we, ah, I took snow from the ledge of the window in winter, put it on a thermostat in the room, and it would hiss (Hiss noises), and then the heat would kick in. 

There was no air conditioning. If we wanted fresh air, we opened a window. That was okay in summer, but once in a while, a bee or a wasp flew in. We had to be careful of those little critters! One time, a wasp flew in, and I took a rubber band and formed it around my thumb and forefinger. And I shot it at the wasp, and I got it. And the kids were really impressed!

We really worked at trying our best to work with what we had at Old Logan. When New Logan opened, it was just a real treat. New Logan, with its cleanliness its brightness, it just had everything going for it, everything that the old school didn’t have.

My name is James Markos. Stories about Logan show that education is not just numbers and passing a test, but it’s about learning about life. And that’s important no matter what school you’re in.