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William Prescott Elementary School has always been
part of the Scranton School District’s Elementary
School system and has always served the Petersburg
section of East Scranton in the Hill Section of the
city. The original school was built in 1900, and an
older school, the Muhlenberg School #5, at Prescott
Avenue and Ash Street, (constructed in 1884) served
as an annex to both the original and the present
building until it was demolished in the 1970’s.
The current
Prescott School was built in 1966, on the same site
as the original building. At one time the school
served a student population drawn mainly from the
upper Hill Section of Scranton and those streets
bordering the borough of Dunmore. With the closing
of the old Washington Elementary School #1, in
Central City (now converted to the Central
Administration Building), Prescott Elementary then
expanded its student boundaries to include some
areas from the lower Hill whose students prevoudly
attended the Washington School.
Going back
to the early 1920’s, principals at Prescott have
included Florence E. Colvin, F.A. Watrous, Stella
Kinback, Michael E. Howard, Majorie L. O’Neil,
Lewis W. Phillips, Charles Spano (acting), Micheal
Morrow, and George M. Roskos, the present principal.
The first principal of the newly constructed
building was Mr. Howard.
Originally, Prescott Elementary served children from
kindergarten through grade six. Then the former
James Madison Elementary school. At that time, sixth
grade students from Prescott began attending East
Intermediate. Use of the Annex was curtailed. Within
a few years, due to its condition, the District
demolished it.
Subsequently, the Prescott School added a 4-year-old
preschool class, conducted in AM and PM sessions, as
is the kindergarten class. The school also has two
sections each of grades one through five and
Learning Support class.
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