Bonham Elementary School

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	Bonham Elementary School Bonham Elementary School was opened in 1957 at 120 east Margaret Street. It was part of the school expansion program that began with the passing of a new bond issue in 1953. This school was to serve the students in the area bounded by the west side of Mosquito Creek, North Main Street and North Road. At the time it was the only school which was not named after an American President.

	S.J. Bonham was selected Principal of Niles High School in 1926 and Niles City Schools Superintendant in 1933 through 1953. He became the assistant superintendant to primarily focus on the passage of a school bond issue to build new schools in anticipation of the influx of the baby-boomers. The bond issue passed with a new Niles McKinley High School and two elementary schools, Lincoln Elementary and S.J. Bonham Elementary were built. It was razed and a new intermediate school for grades 3-5 opened in the Fall of 2013 on the same site. In 2011, Niles residents approved a bond issue to build a new high school for grades 9-12, a new intermediate school for grades 3-5, and a new primary school for students in grades K-2 grades 3-5. Built in 2005, grades 6-8 attend the middle school. Thus, the concept of neighborhood schools is now past history in the city of Niles.

Entrance to Bonham Elementary School.	Bonham Elementary School Classroom.	Bonham Elementary School office.

Bonham Elementary School, 1957.PO1.1186	Architect rendering of the new Intermediate School for grades 3-5 built on the site of the former S.J. Bonham Elementary School.	Bonham Elementary School was razed and a new intermediate school for grades 3-5 opened in 2013 on the same site.