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Butterfield Elementary School was a publicly funded grade school in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, in California, USA. It was named after the old Butterfield Overland Stage route which runs in front of the school. It provided many innovative programs to its students. In 1995, Butterfield became the new home of the first Elementary Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Magnet School Program in Riverside County (its first home had been Elsinore Elementary School). Coincidentally, the second VAPA school program in Riverside County started in September 1991 at Butterfield School of the Arts in the Moreno Valley Unified School District, in Moreno Valley, CA Butterfield Elementary School received many grants and awards, especially in the performing arts field. Students from Butterfield performed with well-known groups and celebrities, such as The Young Americans and Mark Walberg. This school closed permanently on June 3, 2010, after 28 years of service to the community. The entire student and teacher population (along with the same attendance boundaries)〔http://blogs.pe.com/news/digest/2010/04/school-board-decides-boundarie.html〕 moved 3 miles south to the campus of Lakeland Village Middle School which was renamed Lakeland Village School as it became a K-8 school. This was basically a relocation of the Butterfield Community into a new location, which was to an underused four-year-old middle school building. The school kept the same students and teachers, although the classified staff and the principal changed. Two-thirds of the existing middle school population of students and teachers moved to different schools. The Butterfield name and history were carried forward in the renaming of the Lakeland Village auditorium as the Butterfield Performing Arts Center, although the Butterfield Community continued on under the new name. A renaissance of Butterfield Elementary by the Fall of 2015 was planned,〔http://leusd.csbaagendaonline.net/cgi-bin/WebObjects/leusd-eAgenda.woa/wo/2.0.7.1.3.0.0.7.2.0.40.13.0.19.3.20.3.1.13.1.1.0.0.3.1〕 as the LEUSD hired an architectural firm and construction company to rebuild the campus. It was expected that some primary grades would return to the campus for the 2015/16 year and the rest of the campus would reopen to Grades up through the 6th grade by the fall of 2016. At that time Lakeland Village School would have reformed as a 7th/8th grade Junior High Campus, as the remaining elementary students would have returned to Butterfield. However, after investigation by the planning and architectural firms, it was decided that reconstruction costs would be too high to deal with possible seismic refits and the plan to reopen the school has been cancelled. The idea of a Butterfield Renaissance appears to now be dead. == History == On October 7, 1858, the first westbound Butterfield Overland Stage arrived at the new outpost at the Machado Rancho La Laguna ranch house〔Pray, Bonnie Irene, editor. ''Lake Elsinore''. Published by Bicentennial Committee and Elsinore Union High School District (1976)〕 located near "Laguna Grande", the future Lake Elsinore.〔Hudson, Tom. ''Lake Elsinore Valley, its story 1776-1977'' pp. 9-10. Published for Lake Elsinore Valley Bicentennial Commission by Laguna House (1978) ISBN 0-931700-01-9〕 The Butterfield Overland Trail route through the Elsinore valley (now known as Grand Ave.)〔 was used as a mail route until 1862.〔(Butterfield stagecoaches helped build local towns : North County Times - Californian )〕〔(Temecula History )〕 Butterfield Elementary School, named in commemoration of this famous trail, opened with a K-6 population of 482 students in fall 1982 with Frank Evans as principal. It is located slightly over a mile southeast of the original Butterfield Stage outpost. The Butterfield Overland Trail route runs directly in front of the school. Butterfield Elementary's campus is also located one mile southeast of the site of Grand School, one of Elsinore's two original schools which were both built in 1884. Grand School was located near the corner of Macy Street and Grand Avenue.〔Hudson, Tom. ''Lake Elsinore Valley, its story 1776-1977'' pp. 27, 164. Published for Lake Elsinore Valley Bicentennial Commission by Laguna House (1978) ISBN 0-931700-01-9〕 Butterfield Elementary School was built as the fourth currently used elementary school in Lake Elsinore. Existing elementary schools in Lake Elsinore at the time of Butterfield’s construction were Elsinore Elementary, Wildomar Elementary and Machado Elementary schools. There are now 14 elementary or K-8 schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District (one other school, Jean Hayman Elementary closed in June, 2008-09 due to budget cuts, and will not reopen due to seismic findings).〔(Lake Elsinore school board votes to close Hayman Elementary | Southwest Area | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California )〕 Being a magnet school Butterfield had students who live throughout the district, but most of the school’s students continued their education at (Lakeland Village Middle School ) (now Lakeland Village School (K-8), and (Lakeside High School ). Due to enrollment impaction within the district Butterfield was on double sessions for primary grades, with two teachers and classes sharing the same rooms, during the years 1985/86 -1987/88. During these three years Colleen Andersen was the school's principal. With the opening of Jean Hayman Elementary in 1985/86 and Railroad Canyon Elementary in 1988/89, classes returned to a traditional setting. Cheryl Eining was principal of the school for four years, starting with the 1988/89 school year. On July 1, 1989 the Elsinore Union High School District merged with the Lake Elsinore School District (elementary) to form the Lake Elsinore Unified School District.〔(That Saturday column : North County Times - Californian )〕 The Lake Elsinore Unified School District implemented an elementary Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) magnet program, starting in the 1989/90 school year. The initial six years of the elementary level magnet program were at Elsinore Elementary School under the direction and guidance of Principal Craig Richter and the magnet program coordinator Fran Robinson. In the 1995/96 school year the magnet program moved to Butterfield Elementary School where it was located under the guidance of Principal Dorri Neal, who had become principal of Butterfield starting with the 1992/93 school year. Also in 1995/96, all Grade 6 classes were moved from district elementary schools to create Grades 6 through 8 middle schools. In 1996/97 Butterfield implemented (California's Class Size Reduction (CSR) ) program by placing only 20 students in Grade 1, then added Grade 2 to the program in 1997/98, and Kindergarten and Grade 3 in 1998/99. For 11 years, 1991/92 through 2001/02, Butterfield was on a single-track, Year-round school schedule with classes held year round except for August, December and April. Some district schools had multiple-track, year-round schedules. In 2002/03 the district moved back to a traditional school calendar schedule with all schools starting in August and finishing in June. Butterfield underwent a modernization program in summer 2005 which replaced hardware, replaced air conditioning/heating units and ductwork, upgraded electrical and computer services, and replaced carpeting. All buildings and classrooms were repainted and all new furnishings were purchased for the school at that time. During summer 2007, the front of the school received a new look with the removal of a grassy area and the installation of a large new planter. In fall 2009, it was proposed to close the Butterfield Elementary campus and combine its students with those at a nearby middle school, to form the Lakeland Village School.〔http://www.pe.com/localnews/lakeelsinore/stories/PE_News_Local_S_close10.46aec54.html〕 On February 11, 2010, the Lake Elsinore Unified School District Governing Board voted to close the campus and to proceed with the conversion of the Lakeland Village Middle School into a K-8th grade facility.〔http://www.pe.com/localnews/lakeelsinore/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sb13_leusd.37c95cb.html〕 Butterfield closed on the last day of school on June 3, 2010, after 28 years of service to the Lakeland Village community. The district believed it would save $500,000 through the closure.〔 Most students from Butterfield continued at the new campus. On February 11, 2010, a new principal, Rita Post, was appointed to head the Lakeland Village School, with the then Butterfield principal, Dorri Neal, becoming principal at William Collier Elementary.〔http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/lake-elsinore/article_5b847628-d057-5858-ae4f-2d46c8af16ba.html〕 The district spent approximately $1.5 million〔http://leusd.csbaagendaonline.net/cgi-bin/WebObjects/leusd-eAgenda.woa/wo/4.0.7.1.3.0.0.7.2.0.40.14.0.19.3.22.3.2.13.1.1.0.0.3.1〕 to renovate the 5 year old Lakeland Village Middle School to accommodate the K-5th grade students. The entire student and teacher population (along with the same attendance boundaries) moved 3 miles south to the campus of Lakeland Village Middle School which was renamed Lakeland Village School as it becomes a K-8 school. This was a relocation of the Butterfield Community into a new location, which was an underused four-year-old middle school building. The school kept the same students and teachers, although the classified staff and the principal will change. Two-thirds of the existing middle school population of students and teachers moved to different schools. The Butterfield name and history was carried forward in the renaming of the Lakeland Village auditorium as the Butterfield Performing Arts Center, although the "Butterfield Community" continued on under the new name. An event called "Celebrate Butterfield" was held for the community on May 8, 2010,〔http://www.thefridayflyer.com/FF-2010-5-7/FFS-14348.htm〕 with a review of the school's history, as well as a reunion of present and past parents, students and teachers.〔http://www.pe.com/localnews/lakeelsinore/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sbutterfield02.4dc48e7.html〕〔http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/lake-elsinore/article_0f7e34ac-5fe6-5a0b-9f28-e725d949f817.html〕〔http://www.pe.com/localnews/lakeelsinore/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sbutterfield09.476b711.html〕 The doors closed forever as the children left for the last time on June 3, 2010.〔http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/lake-elsinore/article_a7690bfe-f320-53e5-bb7a-110074d63f86.html〕 The school's final musical, a performance of ''Honk, Jr.'' was held on June 6, 2010.〔http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-riverside/2010-06-05/news/lake-elsinores-butterfield-elementary-puts-on-its-last-musical-ever?sms_ss=email〕 In its closing year, the Butterfield Elementary API tests scores increased to 853, a growth of 76 points,〔http://www.greatschools.org/modperl/achievement/ca/4347#from..HeaderLink〕 the second largest elementary increase in all of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Butterfield Elementary School (Lake Elsinore, California)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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