Keller Elementary Students, Teachers Bid Farewell To Building With New Campus Expected This Fall

Arlington TX

27 May, 2022

7:18 PM

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By Chongyang Zhang, Fort Worth Report May 26, 2022 Boxes of unpacked school supplies sat stacked in a classroom corner. Fourth-graders bustled around the temporary, portable classroom. Students clustered in groups. Some flew paper airplanes. Others decorated origami fortune tellers. The last day of the school year at Parkview Elementary School, 6225 Crystal Lake Drive, saw mixed emotions for teachers and students. They won't just miss the faces they became accustomed to seeing every day, but they are excited for the new building that's to come. "I had them all year. I'm going to miss them," said Amy Lay, a fourth-grade bilingual Vietnamese teacher. This was Lay's 13th year at the school. She's also feeling sentimental about the current building, which will be demolished soon. A new building is expected to be ready for use in the next school year. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.