City of Wichita v. Unified School District No. 259

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

For over forty years the Skinner School served Wichita children. For the first thirty-three winters of its existence a single sturdy two-story brick structure, containing four classrooms, graced its 4.13 acres. Rut in 1951 and again in 1955, the surge in school population caught up with the area served by Skinner, and in each of those years additional one-story facilities of more modern design were added.

Thus Skinner stood, until its time ran out. In the early 1960’s the school found itself athwart the path of progress. The horseless…