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History & Education - December 30, 2011

By KPR Staff
Published December 30, 2011 at 9:00 PM CST


Q: What’s the name of the nation’s FIRST “million-dollar” high school?

 

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A: Topeka High School

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Topeka High, the nation’s first “million-dollar high school,” opened in 1931. Construction costs reached $1.75 million. The school’s principal at the time, Willard Van Slyck, proclaimed: “A million-dollar student body for a million-dollar high school."

 

 

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