School #14 was built in 1924 to serve elementary age students from around Fords.
The school operated unceremoniously for decades, seeing very little psychical updates during that time.
A referendum was passed in 2018 that called for the building to be closed at the end of the 2020 school year.
Once the pandemic hit the board of education was so shaken up they put off the closure until things returned to normal.
School #14 finally closed at the end of the 2023 school year.
Since the plan was to demolish the school I didn't expect anything to be left inside. I was suprised to find the exact opposite to be true.
Pretty much everything was left exactly as it was when it shut down.
Another cool thing about the school was the auditorium. The seating in the school was arranged in "Chicago Style", where stadium seating at the rear wall is bisected by a perpendicular basketball court.
I only made a single trip inside the school. By the time I checked back up on the building in 2026 it was in the process of being demolished.
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