RSS
Following World War Two, plans were made to construct a high school in Rossland. It was opened for classes in 1951 on Washington Street adjacent to Jubilee Park. It consisted of 10 classrooms and rooms for music, industrial arts, science labs and home economics. It also had a gymnasium, cafeteria and auditorium.It served the Rossland […]
MACLEAN
MacLean School was opened in the fall of 1918. It was named after J. D. MacLean, a teacher and principal at Central School, who had become the Provincial Minister of Education. The building was constructed of brick in the hopes of eliminating its loss by fire. However, the school was destroyed by fire in 1981 […]
COOK AVE
Cook Avenue School was Rossland’s second school and opened for classes in 1903. It was constructed in lower Rossland in an effort alleviate the overcrowding at Central School. It was named after John Cook who was co-owner of the Rossland townsite in 1894.The school was enlarged in 1939 but had no rooms for special education […]
CENTRAL SCHOOL
Keep existing text ending with the words “eight classrooms”. Delete the last sentence and add the following:The school was hampered by poor plumbing and lighting, inadequate heat and overcrowding. In 1917, the building was completely destroyed by fire and plans were made to construct a new school to replace it, to be called MacLean School.
