A Poem by Michael Mugits dedicated to all closed schools everywhere!

Prescott School Missoula found this poem which psm will dedicate to all the closed schools everywhere.

Trustees who have voted for a school closure fail to understand the value of a public neighborhood school.

For this reason every closed school needs to be reevaluated and in psm's opinion reopened as the enrollment increase MCPS is experiencing calls for the reopening of Prescott School.

Prescott School - a jewel in the Rattlesnake Valley which needs to return for public school use!

Years ago as a boy

I recall with great joy

Everything I had learned

And the future I had yearned.

All of the hopes and dreams,

teachers, classmates and teams.

I looked at the building and lawn.

The playground was long gone.

So were the echoes of laughter,

The big sign above the front door

read Senior Center of Longshore.

I muttered in despair…

A School Was Once There.”

You can get copies by contacting the author, Michael Mugits, at mmugits@hotmail.com.