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Title
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Plan: Repurpose Westport High as a School
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Description
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Article discussing proposals made to the Kansas City Public Schools for the empty Westport High School and Westport Middle School. The plans call for converting the schools into market-rate apartments, buildings for independent senior housing, or to reuse Westport High School as a private school and the middle school as a center for nonprofit organizations. Both schools, along with 28 others, were closed in 2010 due to declining enrollment.
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Date
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2012-08-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Vacuum Cleaner Inventors
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Description
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Article explaining a vacuum cleaner invented by Westport High School teachers Daniel Hall and Charles Hermann.
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Date
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1908-11-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Panther's Trail Leads to Kansas City
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Description
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Article describes the creation of the Pink Panther animated character by Kansas City native Isadore "Friz" Freleng. Freleng was a 1923 graduate of Westport High, worked with Walt Disney at Kansas City Film Ad Company, and developed numerous characters for the Warner Brothers cartoon department, including Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam (reported to be modeled on Freleng himself), and Porky Pig.
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Date
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2006-02-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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'Sad, Sad Day'--21 KC Schools Close Down
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Description
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Article describes 21 schools in the Kansas City School District that will close as a first step in the district's improvement plan. Includes a two-page tribute to the schools being closed including Westport High School, Central Academy, and Ladd Elementary.
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Date
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2010-06-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
