Florence School

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name = Florence Elementary School
type = public, elementary school
location = 7902 North 36th Street Omaha, NE 68112


district = Omaha Public Schools
grades = K-6
principal = Craig McGee
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website = http://www.ops.org/elementary/florence

The Florence School is located at 7902 North 36th Street in the Florence neighborhood of north Omaha, Nebraska. The first school in the Florence-area was built in what was then called Cutler's Park by Mormon pioneers in the late 1840s. The present-day Florence Elementary School was started in the late 1850s after the town of Florence was founded. [ [http://www.historicflorence.org/HistoricMarkers/CutlersParkMarker.htm Historic Florence - Culter's Park Marker] . Florence Historical Society. Retrieved 12/26/07.]

About

As early as 1868 the Florence School was used as an polling place in Nebraska state elections. [(1868) "Laws, Joint Resolutions, and Memorials, Passed at the Legislative Assembly of the State of Nebraska". p 239.] A new building was erected in 1889 at the base of the bluff overlooking the Missouri River. [Nebraska Department of Public Instruction. (1949) "Biennial Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Nebraska State Legislature. p 396.] In the 1890s, Julia Krisl became one of the first Czech principals in the city of Omaha while at the Florence School. [Rosický, R. (1929) "A History of Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska." Czech Historical Society of Nebraska. p 461.] The Florence School building was replaced in 1964. [(1964) "North western reporter. Second series. N.W. 2d." p 792.] Florence B. Reynolds, a principal at the school in the 1920s, was a published scholar who examined labor relations with teachers. [Nebraska State Education Association. (1929) "The Nebraska Educational Journal." p 133.]

Krista Crosby

On August 31, 2007 Krista Crosby, a third grade teacher at Florence Elementary, was arrested in August, 2007 for possession of heroin at the school. [ [http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7008201 Grade Teacher's Bond On Heroin Charge Is $25,000] . Action 3 News. September 8, 2007. Retrieved 12/26/07.] A paraprofessional who worked with Crosby found a straw, a green baggie with rocks of heroin, and a dirty spoon among Crosby's possessions. [ [http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7093437 "Teacher Accused Of Having Heroin At School Fired"] , Action 3 News. September 20, 2007. Retrieved 12/26/07.] Crosby posted bail on September 1. [ [http://www.ketv.com/news/14022711/detail.html "Teacher Bonds Out Of Jail: Teacher's Aide Found Baggie, Spoon, Straw"] , KETV. September 4, 2007. Retrieved 12/26/07.]

Before teaching at Florence Elementary for the last three years, Crosby taught at Wakonda and Druid Hill Elementary Schools [ [http://www.ketv.com/news/14017459/detail.html?rss=oma&psp=video "Teacher Arrested At School On Drug Charges"] , KETV. August 30, 2007. Retrieved 12/26/07.] in Omaha for six years. She has been fired by Omaha Public Schools. If she successfully goes through the drug court system her felony conviction will be dismissed. [ [http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/10/25/news/latest_news/bdf4fa1dd6b539588625737f004a6859.txt "Former elementary teacher pleads guilty to heroin use"] , "Sioux City Journal." October 25, 2007. Retrieved 12/26/07.]

References

External links

* [http://www.ops.org/elementary/florence/ Florence Elementary School] official website.