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Coolidge school falls to wrecking ball in SW Cedar Rapids
West Willow Elementary replaces it this fall
The demolition of Coolidge Elementary School begins Wednesday in southwest Cedar Rapids. The 54-year-old school is the first elementary to be replaced in the school district’s 20-year facilities plan. Students this year watched their new school — to be called West Willow Elementary — rise behind Coolidge. Construction of the $25 million school is nearing completion. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
An excavator with a claw attachment separates building material as demolition of Coolidge Elementary School got underway Wednesday of the 54-year old school in southwest Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A classroom board is seen in the rubble as demolition of Coolidge Elementary School got underway Wednesday in southwest Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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