Curry Elementary School
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J. L. M. Curry School, later Curry Elementary School was an elementary school located at 7900 8th Avenue North in Birmingham's North East Lake neighborhood, just east of Birmingham Municipal Airport. It was named for former Howard College president Jabez L. M. Curry.
The first school building was constructed in 1929, but was soon expanded with wings to the north and south. It was expanded again in the 1950s. In 1959 the "Schott System" for learning arithmetic was introduced at Curry Elementary.
The school was closed as part of a system-wide downsizing in 2007. The building was demolished in 2011.
Principals
- Foster Ansley, 1945
- Fannie Mae Riddle, 1953-1965
- Herbert Hanes, 1967
- Eugene Samples, 1976