A fire took the 70-year-old campus shown here away from the community of Almira in October, but recent legislation will see the campus at 310 S. Third St. replaced with a new facility with about 10,000 square feet of space and modern safety features.
March 23, 2022
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Almira school to be rebuilt by fall 2023
ALMIRA - There was no school that day. The power was out and people were at home, but then a fire broke out in a building without sprinklers. Almira’s Elementary and Middle School sat on top of the same crawlspace as a school that burned down in the 1950s. Once the flames reached the old open crawl space, the fire spread beneath the building, engulfing it, said Gene Sementi, Almira School Rebuild project manager. “The fire was complete; there wasn’t a book...